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Guide Book 


OP THE 


City OF Richmond 

FALL, 1924, EDITION 


BY 


LOUISE NURNEY KERNODLE 

\\ 

Author of the Series of Guide Books 


WITH VIEWS AND MAP OF THE CITY 
ALSO 

DESCBIPTION AND MAP OF BATTLEFIELDS 


Copyrighted 1914 
Copyrighted 1924 


Central Publishing Company, Inc. 
Richmond, Virginia 
1924 






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Contents 


Armories: •P'lf 

First Virginia Regiment, Marshall and 7th Streets. 48 

Howitzers, 8th Street north of Ligh. 49 

Richmond Blues, Marshall and 6th Streets. 48 

Associated Charities, 221 Governor St. 

Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities (Mar¬ 
shall Home), Marshall and 9th Streets. 52 

Auditorium, Corner Cary and Linden Street. 

Baptist Home for Aged Women, 1400 Grove Ave. 

Battlefields . 103 

Battlefields, Map of . 105 

Beth Ahabah Congregation, W. Franklin, facing Ryland St. 44 

Bloody Run . 64 

Bridges: 

Alarshall Street Viaduct . 47 

Mayo, Fourteenth Street to Hull Street.16-47 

Ninth Street, South end of Ninth Street..’. 97 

Buildings, Historic (See Historic Buildings, Homes and Sites) 

Capitol Building .:. 22 

Capitol Square . 21 

Cathedral, Sacred Heart, Park Ave. and Laurel St. 43 

Cemeteries: 

Hebrew (oldest in U. S.), Franklin near 21st Street. 73 

Hollywood, between Cherry and Spring Streets. 67 

Mount Calvary (Catholic) . 73 

National, Williamsburg Turnpike and Govt. Road. 73 

National, Seven Pines . 73 

Oakwood, North and Oakwood Aves. 71 

Other Cemeteries . 73 

Riverview, connects with Hollywood . 73 

St. John’s, Broad Street, between 24th and 25th. 73 

Shockoe, Hospital St. between 2nd and 4th. 71 

Chamber of Commerce, Cor. Main and 6th Streets. 

Children’s Home Society, 2605 E. Franklin Street. 

Churches, Historic: 

First African Baptist, Cor. 14th and Broad Streets. 44 

Monumental, Episcopal, Broad St., between 12th and 14th 41 



























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St. Johns, Broad St., between 25th and 24th. 39 

St. Paul’s, Cor. Grace and 9th Sts. 39 

City Hall, Broad, 10th and 11th Sts. (see front cover). 35 

City of Richmond... 17 

Clubs: 

Colonial Dames, 213 E. Franklin St. 

Commonwealth, 401 W. Franklin St. 95 

Country Club of Virginia, Westhampton . 101 

Deep Run Hunt, Rio Vista. 

University Club, 1827 W. Franklin. 

Virginia Boat Club . 91 

Westmoreland Club, Cor. Grace and 6th Streets. 93 

Woman’s Club, 211 E. Franklin Street. 97 

Colleges and Schools: 

Medical College of Virginia, Clay and 12th, and ]\larshall 

and College Streets . 74 

Richmond College—Westhampton College, Westhampton. 

Union Theological Seminary, Ginter Park. 

Confederate Fortifications . 73 

Confederate Home for Women, 3 E. Grace St. 

Confederate Memorial Institute (Battle Abbey), Boulevard. 85 

Confederate Museum, Jefferson Davis’ Home. 36 

Confederate Money . 95 

Confederate Soldier.s’ Home, Grove Ave. and Boulevard. 38 

Depots, How to reach . 115 

Drive for Tourists . 99 

Episcopal Church Home for Women, 1621 Grove Ave. 

Facts about Richmond . 117 

I'^air Grounds, Boulevard and Hermitage Road. 

Falling Creek . 63 

Federal Reserve Bank . 47 

Female Humane Society, 6th Ave., Highland Park. 

Governor’s Mansion, East end Capitol Square.. 34 

Henrico County Court House, Main and 22nd Streets. 

Historic Buildings, Homes and Sites: 

Austins of Texas Fame, Home of. Cor. ]Main and 14th Sts. 

Bell House, Capitol Square. 21-24 

Belle Isle . 63 

Belle Tavern . 57 

























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Page. 

Bird-in-Hand Tavern . <52 

Camp Grant, Site of .‘ . 75 

Castle Thunder . 60 

Confederate Navy Yard Site . 65 

Confederate Prison site, Cor. Cary and 7th Sts. 65 

Confederate States Provost Marshall’s Office, Site of 
SoutJiwest Cor. of Broad and 10 th Streets. 

Eagle Tavern Site. 61 

Exchange Hotel Site . .57 

First Art Academy . 61 

First Bank of Richmond, Site of. 59 

First Iron Foundry. 63 

Ford’s Hotel Site . 62 

Goddin Tavern . 62 

Harland, IMarion, Home of. 55 

Henrico County Courthouse. 05 

Johnston’s Memorial Tablet . 61 

Lancastrian School, Site of—First Public School in Rich¬ 
mond, Marshall St., between 15th and Jail Alley. 

Lee, R. E., Home of, 707 E. Franklin St. 54 

Libby Prison Site. 64 

Marshall, John, Home of. Cor. Marshall and 9th Sts. 52 

Marshall Theatre, Site. 61 

Masons’ Hall (Oldest in U. S.). 58 

Maury Residence . 51 

McRae, Alexander, Home of, 311 N. 9th Street. 47 

Moore, Samuel Preston, Site of Home. 53 

Office of Commissioner of Revenue, Site of. 65 

Old Capitol Building . 35 

Old Fair Grounds, IMonroe Park . 89 

Old State Court House, Site. 60 

Old State Armory, Site. 59 

Poe, Edgar Allan, Early Home of. Site. 54 

^ Poe Shrine (“Old Stone House”). 56 

Randolph, Edmund, Site of Home of. 59 

Robertson Hospital Site. 60 

Spottswood Hotel, Site of. 57 

St. Clair Hotel, Site of. 62 

Rocketts . 65 

Stuart, J. E. B., House in which he died. 53 

Swan Tavern, Site of. 62 







































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Page. 

Tredegar Iron Works. 63 

Van Lew Home, Site of... . 55 

Wythe, Geo., Site of Home of. 55 

Home for Incurables, Cor. Broad and Robinson Strts. 

Hotel Richmond . 62 

Jail, Jail Alley and Marshall St., below Viaduct. 

James River, Historical Places along. Ill 

Jefferson Hotel . 50 

John Marshall Home . 52 

Ladies’ Benevolent Association, 10 E. Grace Street. 

Little Sisters of the Poor, 16 N. Harvie St. 

Male Orphan Asylum, Amelia bet. Allen and IMeadow St. 

Manchester . 47 

Manufacturers’ Exhibit, Chamber of Commerce, Main at 6th. 
Masonic Home of Va., Nine Mile Rd., 2 miles from Richmond. 

Medical College of Virginia . 74 

Methodist Orphanage, Broad Street, near Belt-line Railway. 

Monument Avenue and its Monuments. 77 

Monuments and Statues: 

Joseph Bryan, Monroe Park . 81 

Henry Clay, Capitol Square . 28 

Confederate Monument, Hollywood. 69 

Confederate Monument, Oakwood. 71 

Confederate Women’s Memorial, Hollywood. 71 

Jefferson Davis, Hollywood. 70 

Jefferson Davis, Monument Ave. 79 

Winnie Davis . 70 

A. P. Hill, Hermitage Road. 83 

Howitzers’ Monument, Harrison St. and Park Ave. 83 

T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, Capitol Square. 29 

T. J. (Stonewall) Jackson, Monument Ave. 80 

Thomas Jefferson, Jefferson Hotel. 81 

Robert E. Lee, Monument Ave. 78 

Dr. Hunter McGuire, Capitol Square. 28 

Matthew Fontaine Maury. 68 

President Monroe . 69 

Morgan’s Drinking Fountain . 83 

Officers’ Section, Hollywood Cemetery. 71 

General Pickett . 67 

Governor William Smith, Capitol Square .. 29 

































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Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Monument, Libby Hill. 82 

J. E. B. Stuart, E. End of Monument Ave. 77 

President Tyler, Hollywood Cemetery. 68 

Washington by Houdon . 22 

Washington, Equestrian Statue, Capitol Square. 25 

General Wickham, Monroe Park . 82 

^lurphy’s Hotel . 66 

Old “Sorrel” (Jackson’s Horse) . 38 

Paintings and Portraits of Historical Interest.23-93 

Parks: > 

William Byrd . 87 

Chimborazo . 87 

Forest Hill . 87 

Gambles Hill . 89 

Jefferson . 89 

Lakeside . 87 

Libby Hill . 87 

Monroe . 89 

Penitentiary . 47 

Petersburg . 121 

Portraits (See Paintings, etc.) 

Post-Office . 35 

Pumping Station . 99 

Pratt’s Castle . 91 

Sisters of Charity, 207 N. 26th Street. 

Sons of American Revolution, 707 E. Franklin St. 

State Library, Capitol Square . 30 

State Library Museum^ Capitol Square . 30 

State Office Building . 31 

Statues, (see Monuments and Statues). 

Tomb of Tokukichiro Abe . 83 

Travelers’ Protective Association, 301 E. Main St. 

Valentine Museum . 37 

Virginia Historical Society, R. E. Lee’s Home, 707 E. Franklin.. 54 

Weather Bureau, Chimborazo Park . 87 

W. C. T. Union . 45 

Young Men’s Christian Association, Railroad. 45 

Young Women’s Christian Association . 45 

































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Index to Historical Persons. 


Page. 

Adams, President John.53-65 

Arnold, Benedict . 19 

Archer, Gabriel .18-89 

Bacon, Nathaniel . 18-30-115 

Barbour, James, Governor. 24 

Bell, Mary. 60 

Bell, Mollie . 60 

Blair, Rev. John . 42 

Botetourt, Lord . 23 

Buchanan, Rev. John .. 42 

Butler, General Benjamin . 113 

Burr, Aaron .43-61-47 

Byrd, Colonel William .18-113 

Carrington, Colonel . 40 

Callahan, Captain D. 60 

Cornwallis .20-27-32 

Clay, Henry . 28 

Dale, Sir Thomas .18-113 

Dalghren, Colonel .20-101-103 

Davis, Jefferson .28-39-70 

Davis, Winnie .36-70 

Dickens, Charles . 57 

Dunmore, Lord . 25 


Epps, Francis . 31 

Francisco, Peter .32-71 

Gabriel, General . 48 

Grant, General . 56 

Henry, Patrick .27-41 

Hill, General A. P. 83 


Jackson, T. J.20-21-29-80 

Jefferson, Thomas .22-27-31-34-40-61-62-81 


































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Page. 

Johnston, General Joseph E.61-103 

Johnson, General Edward . 62 


Lalayette, General . 

Lalayette, George Washington 

Lee, Fitzhugh . 

Lee, Robert Edward . 

Leigh, Benjamin Watkins.. .. 

Letcher, Governor . 

Lewis, General Andrew . 

Lincoln, Abraham . 

Madison, President . 

^Marshall, John . 

Mason, George . 

Maury, Matthew Fontaine ... 

Mercer, James . 

Monroe, James . 

Moore, Samuel Preston . 

McClelland, General . 

McGuire, Hunter . 

McRae, Alexander . 

Napier, Lord . 

Napoleon .. 

Nelson, Thomas . 

Newport, Captain . 

Pegram, General . 

Percy, George, Captain . 

Pickett, General . 

Poe, Edgar Allan . 

Poe, Elizabeth Arnold. 

Pocahontas . 

Polk, Leonidas . 

Porter . 

Powhatan . 

Prince of Wales. 


.22-57-58-61 

.58-61 

.22-67 

21-31-39-54-57-78-103-113 

. 43 

.. 34 

.25-27-40 

.37-56 

. 41-42 

.42-47-52-59-61-64-71 

.27-40 

.43-51-65-67 

. 58 

.21-42-69 

. 53 

. 20-103 

. 28 

. 47 

. 57 

. 70 

.24-25-27 

.18-89 

. 67 

.18-89 

. 67 

.41-54-56-57-71 

. 41 

.18-33-111-115 

. 43 

. 20 

.18-111 

. 34 


Randolph, Governor Edmund . 40-58-59 

Randolph, John . 70 

Randolph, Peter . 30 







































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Page. 

Randolph, Richard . 39 

Richardson, Captain William. 48 

Robertson, Judge John. 60 

Rolfe, John . Ill 

Rose, Rev. Robert. 41 

Ruffin, Edmund . 60 

Smith, Governor William .41-42-70 

Smith, Captain John .17-33-89-113 

Spottswood, Governor . 33 

Stith, Rev. William. 39 

Stevens, Alexander . 75 

Stuart, General J. E. B.20-22-53-67-107 

Sherman, General . 57 

Skelton, Martha . 31 

Talcott, Col. Andrew . 73 

Taylor, Zachary . 25 

Tompkins, Sallie L. 60 

Totapotamoy . 64 

Tyler, President John .22-25-67 

Van Lew, IMiss .55-73 

Washington .22-25-33-57 

Weitzel, Godfrey . 36 

Wickham, General .82-89 

Wirt, William . 47 

Wise, Gov. Henry A. 53 

Wythe, George . 55 


Yeardley, Governor 


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FOREWORD. 


1924 EDITION of the Richmond Guide Book 
/I extends a welcome to strangers within our city, 
with the wish that it will meet all requirements 
for their guidance. To the citizens, many of whom 
are strangely unacquainted with their Richmond, their patron¬ 
age and co-operation are solicited. 

In using this Guide, note that Main Street divides the 
City into North and South, and that Foushee Street divides 
it into East and West. Named streets are west of First, and 
numbered streets are east. 


To the Confederate Memorial Literary Society thanks 
are extended for information regarding Confederate Sites. 





THE HEART OF RICHMOND—MAYO BRIDGE IN THE FOREGROUND. 




















City of Richmond. 


ICHMOND is the Capital and chief city 
of Virginia in size and importance, 
having, in 1922, an estimated population 
of 180,000. Built on seven hills, it is 
situated beside the James River, in 
Henrico County, 90 miles from the 
sea. The site was discovered in 1607 
by Captains Newport and John Smith, 
when visiting Chief Powhatan and his daughter Pocahon¬ 
tas. Richmond was founded in 1737 by Colonel William 
Byrd, incorporated as a town in 1742, and as a city in 
1782. It became the Capital of Virginia in 1779, the seat 
of government being transferred from Williamsburg, 

owing to the presence 
of British troops in that 
vicinity. It was the 
chief city of the South 
in the rebellion against 
King George, and the 
Capital of the Confed¬ 
eracy in the war be¬ 
tween the States, 1861- 
1865. 

The seven hills of 
Richmond have been 
variously known as 
Church Hill, Libby Hill, 
Smith’s Hill, Gamble’s 
Hill, Oregon Hill, Holly¬ 
wood Hill and Capitol 
Hill. No doubt they bore 
other names when Cap¬ 
tain Smith and his ex¬ 
ploring party came sail¬ 
ing up the river from 
Jamestown and landed at the foot of the falls or rapids, be¬ 
low the heights now know as Gamble’s Hill Park. 



CAPTAIN JOHN SMITH. 





RICHMOND GUIDE BOOK. 


IS 


Standing on the heights, Captain Smith and his Com¬ 
panions could see what is now belle Isle just below them. 
A cross set up on top of the hill marks the spot where Cap¬ 
tain Smith and his companions, the famous Captain Newport, 
Gabriel Archer, Captain George Percy and others landed. 

To the southeast, where is now Dutch Gap, was the site 
which would be called Henricopolis by the gallant Dale, 
after his patron. Prince Henry, eldest son of King James. 
The settlement of Henricopolis led finally to the settlement 
of Richmond; when that place was destroyed by the Indians 
it was natural that the advance guard of civilization 
would choose a site easier to defend against attack, and 

Richmond, at the falls, 
was such a place. 

But to return to Cap¬ 
tain Smith and his party, 
looking down the James 
—the same river upon 
which the canoe of Poca¬ 
hontas had skimmed many 
times, for she was the 
daughter of Powhatan, 
greatest of all the Indian 
chiefs, and hailed as 
Emperor by the British. 
At Captain Smith’s back, 
was another stream, once 
called “Shacco,” from an 
Indian camp, and now 
named Shockoe. Branch¬ 
ing from the creek might 
be seen another stream 
which came to be known 
as Bacon Quarter branch, 
because Nathaniel Bacon 
owned a farm that bordered on this stream and his band had 
their winter-quarters there during his great Indian campaign, 
it is said. 

In the time that has elapsed since Captain John Smith 
stood on the top of Gamble’s Hill there have been many 



WILLIAM BYRD. 





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changes and ancient landmarks have disappeared. What is 
left of the great Kanawha canal may still be seen in the rib¬ 
bon of water that flows at the foot of the hill close to the 
river. The Kanawha canal was at one time the dream of 
George Washington, who was an engineer as well as a states¬ 
man and soldier. It was to unite the James with the great 
western waters and form a great inland waterway from the 
west to the ocean. The canal starts just below Bosher’s dam 
and forms the intake for the water supply of the city. 

During the days of the Civil War many redoubts were 
erected around Richmond. The fortifications stretched in a 
crescent from the river at a point below Rocketts, along the 
heights outside the city until they swept around to the river 
again above Hollywood. Traces of these old redoubts, twelve 
in number, may yet be seen. 

“Here,” too, in the cemeteries, “are the bloody fruits of 
Williamsburg, Seven Pines, Mechanicsville, Gaines’ Mill, 
Cold Harbor, Savage’s Station, Frazier’s Farm, Malvern 
Hill, Sharpsburg, Gettysburg, Fort Harrison, Yellow Tavern, 
Drewry’s Bluff, and many other fields, where Confederate 
valor illumined the pages of history.” 

On the morning of April 3, 1865, the evacuation of 
Richmond was completed, but the beautiful city was further 
doomed. There were great quantities of tobacco stored here, 
and rather than that it should fall into the hands of the Fed¬ 
eral forces, torches were ordered to be applied to the several 
warehouses. From these the flames leaped to adjoining 
buildings, and on, and on till the heart of the city was only 
a smoldering heap of ruins. Mayo’s bridge and the rail¬ 
road bridge were also set on fire. The burnt district stretch¬ 
ed from the north side of Main street to the river, from Eighth 
to Fifteenth streets east, and from Twentieth to Twenty- 
third streets. Nearly a thousand buildings w'ere burned. 

Towards the close of the Revolutionary war the traitor, 
Benedict Arnold, harried the city. He burned buildings and 
a tobacco warehouse, with a great quantity of that prized pro¬ 
duct, to show his zeal in the British cause and his hatred for 
his countrymen. Arnold, it was said, had become insane 
through remorse, fear and wounded vanity. His fury was 


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that of a rabid dog, but his retreat was almost as rapid as his 
advance. 

By this way passed Lord Cornwallis on his march to the 
peninsula, entering Richmond on the 16th of June, 1781, 
after having dispatched his generals as far west as Charlottes¬ 
ville to which place the State Government had been removed. 

Along the Brook turnpike, which crosses the Shockoe 
creek valley, couriers made their way north to Ashland, Fred ¬ 
ericksburg, Stafford County Courthouse, Dumfree’s, Occo- 
quan, Accotink, Mt. Vernon and Alexandria, in the days be¬ 
fore the war and in Revolutionary times. In the time of the 
war between the States, this road was known as the Telegraph 
road and many a bitter battle was fought for its control, as 
Marye’s Heights, Spottsylvania, the Wilderness, Cold Har¬ 
bor and Yellow Tavern testify. Now, the road is a part of 
an automobile route, the most direct between Richmond and 
Washington, and is so noted in the automobile blue books. 

Richmond might soon become a motorists’ paradise, for 
the scenery of the surrounding country is beautiful beyond 
description, whether one goes down the Government road to 
the Williamsburg highway, which passes through the famous 
Chickahominy swamp where McClellan’s army was held at 
bay; along the Mechanicsville pike, where one of the most 
bitter battles of the war was fought by the men under Jackson 
and Porter; along the Brook turnpike to Yellow Tavern, 
where “Jeb” Stuart was mortally wounded; or along the 
beautiful road to the Country Club and Westhampton, over 
the heights of which Dahlgren retreated with his raiders in 
the Civil War. 


Seeing Richmond. 

THE CAPITOL SQUARE. 

CCUPYING twelve acres in the center of the City 
is the Capitol Square. Here, under Lee and Jack- 
son, many Confederate soldiers were mustered 
into service during the War between the States. 
In the grounds are, the Capitol building, where 
the “General Convention of the State of Virginia” 
met in 1861 and signed the Ordinance of Secession, and where 



CAPITOL BUILDING. 

the “Congress of the Confederate States of America” held its 
sessions from July 20, 1861, to March 18, 1865; the Govern¬ 
or’s Mansion; State Library; State Office Building; statues 
of Henr>' Clay, Gov. Wm. Smith, General T. J. (Stonewall) 
Jackson, and Dr. Hunter McGuire; a weather bureau kiosk, 
and a bell house, which was used as headquarters for the 
military guard. This bell was tolled for Presidents Monroe 








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and Tyler, Chief Justice Marshall and others. It was also 
used to strike the hours, day and night. 

The Capitol Square is bounded by Ninth, Capitol, Gov¬ 
ernor and Bank Streets, and is between Broad and Main. 

The State Capitol. 

The original Capitol was designed by Thomas Jeffer¬ 
son. He was minister to France at the time and was much im¬ 
pressed with the simple Greek style of architecture. He draft¬ 
ed a plain Grecian structure, the foundation for which was 

laid in 1785, and which 
was completed in 1792. In 
1902, room being needed 
a pair of wings was added. 

7'he General Assembly 
of Virginia meets biennial¬ 
ly. The Senate sits in the 
west wing of the capitol, 
the House of Delegates in 
the east wing. 

In the rotunda of the 
capitol is the famous 

Houdon Statue of 
Washington. 

which Washington saw 
and approved eight years 
before his death. The act 
of the Assembly voting the 
statue was passed in 1784, 
and it was erected in 1796. 

On January 6, 1866, three newspaper men used pistols 
freely in the rotunda of the capitol, the only damage was to 
this statue, the cane being broken and the tassel knocked off. 

Near by is the bust of Lafayette, and bronze medalions 
of General J. E. B. Stuart, Captain John Smith, John Mar¬ 
shall and Fitzhugh Lee. An old stove, three stories high, 
built in 1770 by order of Lord Botetourt, Governor, as a pres¬ 
ent for the Colonial House of Burgesses, at Williamsburg, and 
a chair, used by the Speaker of the House, may be seen here. 



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In the Governor’s apartment is a large oil painting 
of the first battle between ironclads,—the Monitor and 
the Merrimac or Virginia, in 
Hampton Roards, March 9, 

1862. ' 

During the war between 
the States, the Confederate 
Congress, by courtesy of the 
State authorities, held its ses¬ 
sions in the building. 

In the basement floor is 
the State Land office, contain¬ 
ing records of grants and pat¬ 
ents dating back to 1620. 

Passing through the halls 
of the first floor, beginning at 
the east end, may be seen a 
portrait of Rt. Hon. W. E. 

Gladstone, M. P., and in one 
frame the old church at Smith- 
field, Virginia, a silhouette of old stove 
Bishop Richard Channing Moore; a picture of Joseph 

Cabell, associated with Jef¬ 
ferson in founding the Uni¬ 
versity, and Conway Robin¬ 
son, jurist and author. Also 
a picture of Lord Botetourt, 
governor of Virginia from 
1770-’73; Queen Elizabeth 
from an old print, 1626. A 
picture of Richard Henry 
Lee, signer of the Declara¬ 
tion of Independence, Lord 
Howard (Baron Effingham), 
governor of Virginia, 1686- 
’88. Silhouette of Chief Jus¬ 
tice Marshall; James John¬ 
son, governor of Virginia, 
1851-’56; William Smith, 
governor of Virginia, 1846- 
speaker’s CHAIR. ’49, 1864-’65; William Giles, 







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governor of Virginia, 1827-’30; James McDowell, governor 
of Virginia, 1843-’46; David Campbell, governor of Vir¬ 
ginia, 1837-’40. Patrick Henry, Thomas Nelson, Jr., gover 
nor of Virginia, 1781, signer of the Declaration of Indepen¬ 
dence and general in the Revolution. Thomas W. Gilmer, 
governor of Virginia, 1840-’41; John Tyler, governor of 
Virginia. John R. Thompson, poet and author. George 
Percy, treasurer and acting governor, 1609-T0; James 
Monroe, governor, 1811, and President of the United 
States. Lord Dunmore, the last royal governor of Virginia; 


John Letcher, gover- 
noi, 1860-’64; Little¬ 
ton Tazewell, govern¬ 
or, 1834-’36; John 
P. Preston, governor, 
1816-’19; James Bar¬ 
bour, governor, 1812- 
’14; Thomas West 
(Lord De La Warr), 
governor 1810-’ll; 
John Smith, “Father 
of Virginia,” acting 
governor of Colony, 
1608-’09; the Indian 
Princess Pocahon¬ 
tas; Edmund Pen¬ 
dleton, jurist and pa¬ 
triot. 



On April 27, 1870, 
sixty - five persons 


BELL TOWER. 


were killed in the Capitol by the floor of the House of Dele¬ 
gates falling. It was during a discussion of carpet bag 
methods and a great crowd had assembled, filling the gal¬ 
leries. Under the unusual weight the floor gave way, falling 
into the hall below and burying scores under the timbers. 
Besides those killed, many were severely wounded. 

The magnificent painting in the old Senate Chamber 
is a representation of the storming of a British redoubt 
by the American forces. The picture was painted in the year 
1840 by Louis Eugene Lami, of Paris, France, an artist of 
note in his day. In 1878, W. W. Corcoran presented it to 
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Crawford’s Statue of Washington. 

Among other things, the Capitol grounds are adorned 
by Crawford’s equestrian statue of George Washington; the 
corner stone of this monument was laid in Ffebruary, 1850. 
Among those attending the ceremony were Zachary Taylor, 
President of the United States, John Tyler, Ex-President of 
the United States. And it was dedicated in 1858. It is 60 feet 
in height, and cost $260,000. The monument is surrounded 
by six bronze statues, namely: one each of Thomas Jefferson, 
Patrick Henry, John Marshall, George Mason, General An¬ 
drew Lewis and Thomas Nelson. 

The equestrain statue that surmounts the base and towers 
{'bove the six bronze figures that surround it, is effective if 
not regarded too critically. Critics have pointed to the 
rocking-horse attitude of the steed and the blithesome wave 
of the rider’s arm, but the general public find the monument 
imposing. The figures around the base are heroes, everyone, 
as their attitudes imply. One is of General Andrew Lewis, 
a tough old soldier of Revolutionary days, who fought In¬ 
dians, British and Congressional cabals with equal courage 
\^'ashington was his friend, but Congress did not always 
ndvance the friends of the general-in-chief. Being recom¬ 
mended for major-general, the best Lewis received was briga¬ 
dier. He died while chasing the royal governor. Lord Dun- 
m.ore, out of Virginia, in 1777; his death occured near 
Roanoke. 

Two others, representing George Mason and Thomas 
Nelson, who are as little known to the general public as 
Gen Andrew Lewis. George Mason was a real, an ideal 
Democrat. He wrote the bill of rights for Virginia which 
set aside the authority of the established church. He helped 
frame the Constitution of the United States, but wanted only 
one term of seven years for the President. He was a cham¬ 
pion of the people, though by heredity a supporter of royal¬ 
ty, for his grandsire fought for King Charles against the 
Commons, and fled Worcester field to America. A great, 
hurley man was George Mason, swarthy, yet ruddy of face, 
an old-fashioned country squire in appearance, but a states¬ 
man far ahead of his time, which was in the days that 
Thomas Paine declared “tried men’s souls.” 



ST. PAUL S CHURCH. HOTEL RICHMOND. WASHINGTON MONUMENT 

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Thomas Nelson was another of the neglected heroes. 
He impoverished a great estate and borrowed on his own 
credit, when that of the Continental Congress was wortliless, 
enough money to raise $2,000,000 for his country. He was 
never repaid. Continental Governor of Virginia and a sol¬ 
dier be.sides, he directed the fire of his cannon at the siege of 
York town against his own home, supposed to be the head¬ 
quarters of Cornwallis. It was battered down. Washington, 
in general orders, praised his zeal, but the government forgot 
this patriot. 

Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson, and John Marshall 
complete this group that surrounds the statue of Washington. 
The figures, according to the designer, are allegorical. 

Randolph Rogers describes the figures and what they 
represent in these words: 

First, Revolution, Patrick Henry: Represented with a 
sword in her right hand pointing with her left to a crown 
which is crushed under her foot. 

Second, Independence, Jefferson: Her eyes are turned 
toward heaven. In her right hand she graps a portion of 
the chain which she has burst asunder and with her left she 
casts a portion of it at her feet. 

Third, Justice, Marshall: In her left hand she holds 
the bar of the scales which are resting on her lap and in her 
right hand a sword. 

Fourth, Finance, Nelson: Her left hand resting on a 
book and her right hand holding a cornucopia from which 
plenty is flowing. 

Fifth, Bill of Rights, Mason: Her left hand is resting 
on a scroll supposed to be the bill of rights. She leans for¬ 
ward with drawn sword, resting on that document as if to 
defend it. 

Sixth, Colonial Campaigns, Lewis: In one hand she 
holds the palm of victory. Under her feet are Indian arms 
—arrow, bows, etc. In her right hand she holds the axe 
and her head is decked with sheaves of wheat, symbolic of 
the peaceful settlement of the country and of its agriculture. 

A narrow spiral stairway ascends within the statue, 
opening directly beneath the horse on which Washington is 
seated. A person may stand upright beneath the horse. 


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HENRY CLAY. 

Dr. Hunter McGuire. 

—Inscription: “To Hunter 
Holmes McGuire, M. D., 
LL. D., President of the 
American Medical, and of 
the American Surgical 
Association; Founder of 
the University College of 
Medicine; Medical Direc¬ 
tor of Jackson's Corps, 
Army of Northern Vir¬ 
ginia. An eminent civil 
and military surgeon, a be¬ 
loved physician, an able 
teacher and vigorous writer, 
a useful citizen and broad 
humanitarian, gifted in 
mind and generous in heart. 
This monument is erected 
by his many friends. 


HUNTER MCGUIRE. 


At the foot of the Wash¬ 
ington Monument is the 
spot where the Hon. Jef¬ 
ferson Davis delivered his 
Inaugural Address and 
took the “Oath of Office” 
as President of the Con¬ 
federate States, February 
22, 1862. 


Other Statues in Capi¬ 
tol Square. 

Henry Clay. —States¬ 
man. Bom in Hanover Co., 
Va., April 12, 1777. Died in 
Washington, June 29, 1852. 
This marble statue, by Hart, 
is in the southwest corner of 
the Square. It was unveiled 
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William Smith .—North end of Square.—On the 
front panel of Statue: ‘‘William Smith, Virginia. Born 
Sept. 6, 1797; Died May 18, 1887. 1836-’42, 1841-’42, 

Member of Virginia Senate; 1846-’49, Governor of Virginia: 
1841-’43, 1853-’61, Member of United States Congress; 
1861-’62, Member of Confederate States Congress; 1861-’62, 
Colonel 49th Virginia Volunteers; 1862-’63, Brigadier 
General Confederate States Army; 1863-’64, Major General 
Confederate States Army; 1864-’65, Governor of Virginia.” 


WILLIAM SMITH. GENERAL JACKSON. 

Jackson. —North end of Square. 

Inscription: “Presented by English Gentlemen as a 
tribute of admiration for the soldier and patriot, Thomas J. 
Jackson, and gratefully accepted by Virginia, in the name 
of the Southern People. Done A. D. 1875, in the hundredth 
year of the Commonwealth. ‘Look! There is Jackson stand¬ 
ing like a stone wall.' ” 

General Jackson was born in Clarksville, W. Va., Jan¬ 
uary 21, 1824, and died in Caroline Co., Va., May 10, 1863. 










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State Library Building. 

{East End of Capitol Grounds.) 

The Library Building is occupied not only by the Vir¬ 
ginia State Library, but also by the Supreme Court of Ap¬ 
peals, with its library, and by various departments and 
agencies of the State government. The State Library has as 
its quarters all of the top floor. The Library contains about 
116,000 volumes. Many of the books are of great value, 
copies of them not being found in any other collection. Old 
charts and maps of every description and old newspapers are 



LIBRARY BUILDING. 

to be found here. One of the latter, bearing the date of July 

26, 1776, contains the complete Declaration of Independence. 

One of the interesting documents in the library is Na¬ 
thaniel Bacon’s note for five hundred dollars dated October 

27, 1674. The signature is said to be the only one of the 
“First Virginia Rebel,” known to be in existence. 

In the library are, among other things of great interest 
and value, a proclamation of King James I., forbidding any¬ 
one, under the penalty of the law, to raise, keep, sell, or in 
any way have anything to do with tobacco; an address of 
the Burgesses to Governor Spotswood, signed by the speaker, 
Peter Randolph, dated November 9, 1710; and the marriage 





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contract between Jefferson and Martha Skelton, signed by 
Thomas Jefferson and Francis Epps. Hundreds of auto¬ 
graph letters of Virginia’s most famous sons are to be found 
here, including the last letter of “Stonewall” Jackson to 
General R. E. Lee. 



STATE OFEICE BUII.DING. 

The Virginia State Library has the various depart¬ 
ments of work usual in all libraries, and it has in addition 
a traveling library department and a department of archives 
and history. The department of archives and history con¬ 
tains something over one million pieces of manuscript ma¬ 
terial relating to the history of Virginia, and to those who 
made that history. Within the past year a great deal of 






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this material has been indexed and made easily accessible 
to the history lovers of today. The department has made 
rapid and far-reaching strides for the better, with the result 
that the investigator now finds comfortable chairs and ample 
tables for work, while the scientifically prepared indexes 
make it possible to produce immediately any desired docu¬ 
ment, if that document is included in any class of material 
which has been put in final order. This department is the 
great storehouse of records of military service to those Vir¬ 
ginians who served in the colonial wars, the Revolution, the 
War of 1812, and the War between the States, and it is the 
desire of the library officials that persons seeking membership 
in patriotic oru;anizatirns, the eligibility rules of which re¬ 
quire evidence of the service of an applicant’s ancestor in 
one or anotlier of the wars mentioned should come to the 
library and personally consult the original document. If, 
however, they do not happen to be in Richmond, they should 
write to the Librarian of the State Library for information, 
or to Morgan P. Robinson, State Archivist, who is in im¬ 
mediate charge of this department. 

There is a fire-proof vault, in which are many of the 
most valuable papers of the library. 

The visitor to the library building should not fail to 
see the model of the Maison Carree, at Nimes, France, 
brought to this country by Thomas Jefferson and used by 
him in designing the original Virginia Capitol. The visitor 
should also see the written parols given by Lord Conwallis 
after his surrender at York Town. It is, however, impossible, 
because of lack of space, to mention all of the interesting 
documents or relics which may be seen. 

Among the portraits which are in the library are those 
of Black Hawk, Simon Bolivar, Archibald Cary, William 
Claiborne, George Rogers Clark, Henry Clay, Lord Cul¬ 
peper, John W. Daniel, Jefferson Davis, Lord Dunmore, 
Peter Francisco, William Branch Giles, Patrick Henry, Sam 
Houston, “Stonewall” Jackson, Thomas Jefferson, Joseph 
E. Johnston, Henry Lee, Richard Henry Lee, Robert Edward 
Lee, James Madison, John Marshall, George Mason, John 
Y. Mason, Matthew Fontaine Maury, James Monroe, Ed¬ 
mund Pendleton, George Percy, George Edward Pickett, 
Edmund Randolph, John Randolph of Roanoke, Comte de 


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Rochambeau, Edmund Ruffin, James Alexander Seddon, 
Captain John Smith, Alexander Spotswood, J. E. B. Stuart, 
John Taylor, Littleton Waller Tazewell, John Reuben 
Thompson, John Tyler, Sr., John Tyler, Jr., George Wash¬ 
ington, and of nearly all the governors of Virginia, both as 
a colony and as a state. 

One of the most interesting portraits in the library 
is that of the Indian Princess Pocahontas, daughter of 

Powhatan, who saved 
the life of Captain 
John Smith. The pict¬ 
ure is a copy of one 
painted from life, 
while Pocahontas was 
in England. The orig¬ 
inal hangs in Barton 
Rectory, Norfolk, Eng¬ 
land, and was painted 
in 1916. Wm. L. Shep¬ 
pard was commissioned 
to make a copy for the 
State of Virginia. 

Another very in¬ 
teresting picture is the 
very large one of Lee 
and the principal gen¬ 
erals of the Confeder¬ 
acy, which attracts 
the attention of the visitor when he first alights from the 
elevator on coming to the third floor of the building. 

In this hall also there is a painting of the bombardment 
of Fort Sumter, and a picture of Edmund Ruffin, who fired 
the first gun. 

The Supreme Court room, on the second floor of the 
building, is well worth a visit because of the many portraits 
of Virginia’s famous jurists that adorn its walls. 

In the basement of the building is what is known as 
the “Mineral and Timber Exhibit.” This exhibit includes 
quarry products of Virginia granite, marble, onyx and sand¬ 
stone, also iron, coal and coke; paper and pulp; woods of 
many kinds; mounted birds, etc. From this, one will get a 


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new conception of the variety and value of Virginia’s miner¬ 
als and timbers. In the large room in which the mineral 
and timber exhibit is to be found is also to be seen a large 
collection of Virginia’s natural history specimens, and also 
various relics of historical interest, especially to be noted be¬ 
ing the first model of the McCormick reaper. 

There is also a forge donated by Capt. W. V. B. Tilson, 
Chatham Hill, Va., used in a foundry established by his 
grand-father in 1730, one of the first in existence. And there 
are many other before-the-war relics which add much interest 
to this department. 



governor’s mansion. 


Governor’s Mansion. 

{East End of Capitol Square.) 

Close to the State Library is the Governor’s Mansion. 
The first building, a two story frame structure, was erected 
in 1799, when Thomas Jefferson was Governor. The present 
mansion was built in 1811-’13. James Barbour was the first 
Governor who occupied it. Additions were made to it in 
1914. In 1860, the Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII 
of Great Britain was entertained by Governor Letcher. Presi¬ 
dent and Mrs. Hayes, President Cleveland, President Mc¬ 
Kinley, President Roosevelt and President Taft have been 
guests in the mansion of the Governors of Virginia. 








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CITY HALL. 

{Broad Street between \0th and 11th.) 

Richmond’s City Hall is decidedly modern and im¬ 
posing, yet not above displaying a town clock in its tower. 
The building is of Virginia Granite and cost $1,500,000. 
The tower is 180 feet high. The comer stone was laid on 
April 5, 1887, and the building was ready for use in 1894. 

In this building are the city offices, courts, records, and 
many of the departments of city government. 

POST OFFICE BUILDING. 

{Corner Tenth and Main Streets, South of the Capitol.) 

The present Post Office was enlarged in 1913, at a cost 
of about a million dollars. Recently $480,000 has been paid 
for an adjoining plot, for the further enlargement of the 
building. 

A tablet at the southeast corner of the building bears 
the following inscription: '‘This wall was once a part of the 
Treasury building of the Confederate States of America. In 
it were the offices of the President, the Secretary of State, the 
Secretary of the Treasury and the Treasurer of the Confeder¬ 
ate government. 

"Here, too. President Jefferson Davis, who had been 
indicted May 8, 1866, under the charge of treason against 
the United States, appeared either in person or by counsel 
before the circuit court of the United States, demanding trial, 
—first on June 5, 1866, and in all seven times, each time trial 
was postponed upon request of the Government and the case 
was ended forever, without trial, by formal dismissal, Feb. 
15, 1867. 

"This tablet is placed by the Confederate Memorial IJt- 
erary Society, A. D. 1913.” 

THE OLD CAPITOL. 

{Northwest Corner Fourteenth and Cary Streets.) 

Tablet: "On this site the Virginia Legislature in Octo¬ 
ber, 1783, ceded the Northwest Territory of the United States, 
and in October, 1785, authorized the establishment of the 
State of Kentucky.” 


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CONFEDERATE MUSEUM. 

(East Clay Street, Corner of Twelfth.) 

Almost within a block of the Capitol Square is the Con¬ 
federate Museum, once the White House of the Confederacy, 
where Jefferson Davis lived through the most of the days of 
the bitter war, and where his daughter, Winnie, the “Daughter 
of the Confederacy,” was bom. It was from the east balcony 
of this building that Joe, the little son of the President of the 
Confederate States, fell and was killed. 

This house was built in 1819, and was used as a private 
residence until 1862, when it was purchased by the city of 



CONFEDERATE MUSEUM. 

Richmond and was offered as a gift to Jefferson Davis for 
his residence, when he came to Richmond as President of the 
Confederacy. Mr. Davis declined to accept it as a gift. The 
Confederate Government then rented it for the “Executive 
Mansion” of the Confederate States. Mr. Davis lived in it 
until the evacuation of Richmond. 

On the morning of April 3, 1865, General Godfrey 
Weitzel, in command of the Federal troops, upon entering 
the city, made this house his headquarters. It was thus occu¬ 
pied by the United States Government during the five years 
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In the present “Georgia” Room, a day or two after the 
evacuation, Mr. Lincoln was received. 

After the war the building was turned into a public 
school, but it deteriorated so rapidly that the patriotic women 
determined to restore it and turn it into a memorial building 
and museum. A room is set apart in the building for each 
state of the Confederacy, and thus each state is represented 
by relics that commemorate the deeds done by its sons and 
daughters during the war. 

In the court-yard of the museum is an anchor chain from 
the Cumberland sloop-of-war sunk by the Merrimac, or Vir¬ 
ginia, and propeller shaft of the Virginia. 



VALENTINE MUSEUM. 

The museum is open from 9 o’clock A. M. to 5 P. M. 
On Saturdays from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. In July and August 
open from 9 A. M. to 2 P. M. Admission daily 25 cents. 
It is in charge of the Confederate Memorial Literary Society. 

VALENTINE MUSEUM. 

{East Clay Street, Corner of Eleventh.) 

The Valentine Museum on East Clay and Eleventh 
Streets, an elegant old residence, comprises a collection of 
casts, paintings, prints, books dating from 1474, and works 
of colonial and revolutionary times. On the second floor, 
where a whole room is devoted to it, is the original cast of the 
recumbent statue of G^eneral Lee at Lexington, Virginia. Its 





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distinctive feature is its ensemble of Virginia and North 
Carolina Indian Archaeology. 

The building was erected in 1812. The interior of the 
house impresses one with its magnificent Florentine marble 
mantels, spiral stairway which is the shape of a painter’s 
palate, solid mahogany doors, the carving of the balustrade, 
handsome mirrors, etc. 

On the upper floor are clubs and spears from the Solo¬ 
mon Islands of the Pacific; also Indian pipes and pottery. 

The department of sculpture is in the basement. 



soldiers’ home. 

CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS’ HOME. 

{Boulevard, between Stuart and Grove Avenues.) 


The veterans are all dressed in gray and each has a 
“Cross of Honor.” There is a long pavilion with a porch 
on each side. In this pavilion some of the veterans sleep, 
others sleep in cottages. A hospital is provided, and doctors 
and nurses wait on the sick. There is also a hall for amuse¬ 
ments, called Randolph Hall. 

Many interesting relics can be seen here, one of the most 
interesting is “Old Sorrel,” “Stonewall” Jackson’s hgrse, 
which was mounted and has been given a place in a glass 
case. The horse was 36 years old when he died. Jackson 
was fatally wounded while on “Old Sorrek” Several can¬ 
non are on the grounds, one of which was used at the “De¬ 
fense of Fort Sumter.” 

Confederate flags wave over the place. 


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CHURCHES. 

St. Paul’s Church. 

{East Grace Street, Corner of Ninth.) 

Just west of the Capitol Square is St. Paul’s Church, 
where President Davis and General Lee worshiped 

during the war. It was 
while the President of the 
Confederacy was in the 
church on Sunday, April 2, 
1865, that he received the 
telegram from General Lee 
in Petersburg, telling him 
that Richmond must be 
evacuated. The pews of 
President Davis and Gen¬ 
eral Lee are marked, and 
on the west wall is a bronze 
tablet in memory of Win¬ 
nie Davis, whose funeral 
was held from St. Paul’.s 
church. Nearly everything 
in this church is a memori¬ 
al. The two memorial Win¬ 
dows for R. E. Lee are said 
to be the handsomest in 
America. The memorials are interesting and handsome. The 
panel back of the chancel, of glass mosaic, representing the 
Lord’s Supper, is a memorial to General Joseph R. Anderson. 
This church is one of the most interesting places in the city. 

St. John’s Church. 

{East Broad, Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth Streets.) 

St. John’s Church was built under the supervision of 
Richard Randolph, of Curl’s Neck. The land was donated 
by William Byrd, and the church was opened for worship 
June 10, 1741. It is said that Randolph was paid 347 
pounds, 10 shillings for building the church. In 1749, Rev. 
William Stith, the first pastor, asked help of George 11. and 
received in response a surplice, pulpit, a Bible, a prayer- 
book, some cushions and a cloth for the reading desk. 



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In the cemetery surrounding St. John’s church sleep 
many of the old settlers of Virginia, but what makes this 
humble little edifice famous is the fact that here at a conven¬ 
tion held on March 20, 1775, Patrick Henry inspired the 
delegates with words that awakened the world: “Give me 
liberty or give me death.” Colonel Edward Carrington broke 
the silence that followed by exclaiming, “Right here I wish 
to be buried.” 

The delegates had gathered in the little church to dis¬ 
cuss whether they should treat with King George, arbitrate, 



or fight for their rights. George Mason was there, preaching 
radicalism that must have won the heart of that parlor- 
anarchist, Thomas Jefferson, and caused John Marshall, 
conservative on questions of rights and property, to view him 
with alarm. George Washington, tall and dignified, walked 
about the graveyard, at times conversing with Thomas Nelson 
or his old companion in arms, Andrew Lewis. They had 
fought the French at Fort Necessity, had been captur^ and 
released together. They had rallied the Virginia riflemen in 
the terrible defeat of Braddock and saved the remnant of his 
army from destruction. They had fought for the king, and 
now they were awaiting for the word to fight against him. 
Edmund Randolph, that stem patriot, was of the company, 
yet when the news of the meeting of these men went abroad 
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in St. John’s church; Patrick Henry, the little lawyer'repre¬ 
sentative from Louisa County, the actor, the dramatic pleader 
at the bar of justice. 

In the little old church now may be seen a bronze tablet 
placed near the pew from which Patrick Henry arose to make 
his immortal speech. It was placed there in 1911. Virginia 
had waited more than 100 years to do honor to that speech 
of her immortal son. Patrick Henry was bom in Studley, 
Hanover County, 16 miles north of Richmond, and died and 
was buried at Red Hill, Ya., in 1799. 

There are many ancient tombstones. The oldest is that 
of Rev. Robert E. Rose, dated 1751. Among the graves is 
that of Elizabeth Arnold Poe, mother of Edgar Allan Poe. 



MONUMENTAL CHURCH. 

Monumental Church. 

(East Broad, between Twelfth and Fourteenth Streets.) 

Monumental Episcopal Church is built on the site of 
Richmond’s first theatre, which gave the name Theatre square 
to the locality. The first playhouse was built in, 1786. It 
was there that the convention met in 1788, which ratified the 
Constitution of the United States. Among those who made 
that convention famous were Madison, Monroe, Henry, 
Mason, and Pendleton. 

The building being destroyed by fire in 1802, a second 
theatre was erected, only to be burned December 26, 1811, 
when seventy-two persons, including Governor William Smith, 
lost their lives. The play was “A Bleeding Nun,” and the 






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audience numbered six hundred, forty-three. Oil lamps not 
only lighted the theatre, but were used in the scenery of the 
play. In setting one scene a large chandelier had to be utiliz¬ 
ed, and in putting this in place a jerk of a cord sent a lamp 
against the flimsy structure. There was only one narrow exit, 
and in the mad rush many lost their lives. The strongest as 
well as the weakest, neither had but little chance, although 
more than one heroic deed is recorded. Lieutenant Gibbon 
of the United States Navy was seated in a box with John 
Lynch and Mrs. Lynch, Mrs. Joseph Gallego, Mrs. Taylor 
Braxton, former United States Senator Venable, Mrs. Gibbon, 
the monther of the naval officer, and Miss Sallie Conyers. 
Lieutenant Gibbon and Miss Conyers were supposed to be 
engaged. He was heard to say; “Lynch, leave Sallie to me. 
She is light and I am strong enough to carry her. You can 
save some one else.” They were overcome by the smoke and 
died in each other’s arms. Mr. Lynch saved Mrs. Gibbon, 
the rest of the party perished. It is said that Governor Smith 
made his way outside, but returned to the burning building 
in an endeavor to save his small son. The disaster sent the 
city into mourning. The City Council appointed a committee 
to collect the remains of the victims and to deposit their ashes 
in an urn for burial. The stores were closed for eight hours.- 
The council also forbade any theatrical performance for four 
months under penalty of $6.66 per hour. A mass meeting 
was held at the Capitol the Mayor presiding. A committee 
was appointed to obtain by a house to house canvas the names 
of the victims, January 1st was set apart as a day of fasting 
and humiliation. Sermons were preached by Rev. John Buc¬ 
hanan of the Episcopal church and Rev. John Blair of the 
Presbyterian church. All citizens wore crepe for a month. 
Judge John Marshall was made chairman of a committee to 
decide upon a memorial. Part of the site was turned into 
a mammoth tomb in which the remains of all the victims were 
buried, and over it was raised a shaft on which the names of 
the dead were inscribed. As a memorial. Monumental Church 
was erected from a fund subscribed by the citizens, aided by 
an appropriation from the city. It was completed in 1814. 

Governor Smith had only held office thirty-one days, hav¬ 
ing succeeded Governor James Monroe, who had accepted the 
office of Secretary of State under President Madison. 


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Among the regular worshipers in this church were Ben¬ 
jamin Watkins Leigh, one of Virginia’s foremost Jurists; 
William Wirt, who aided in the prosecution of Aaron Burr, 
whose trial was held in the room north of the Rotunda in the 
Capitol building; George Hay, son-in-law of James Monroe: 
John Marshall, the great Chief Justice of the Supreme Court 
of the United States, and Matthew Fontaine Maury, the great 
Path-finder of the Sea. Gen. Leonidas Polk, bishop and 
soldier, was once assistant rector of the Monumental Church. 

Sacred Heart Cathedral. 

{Laurel St., Park and Floyd Aves., facing Monroe Park.) 

Sacred Heart Cathedral is a monument to the 
generosity of the late Mrs. Thomas Fortune Ryan. The 

Cathedral, while not as 
large, nor yet perhaps as 
magnificent as some of 
the more famous ones, 
is one of the most beau¬ 
tiful in America. The 
interior decorations are 
especially elaborate, the 
color scheme brilliant 
yet harmonious, being 
extremely effective. Mu¬ 
ral work occupies a con¬ 
spicuous part and a series 
of pictures representing 
the stations of the cross 
are masterpieces. The 
comer stone of the Ca¬ 
thedral was laid in 1903. 
It was finished in 1910. 
placed at about $500,000. 

Congregation Beth Ahabah. 

{West Franklin Street, facing Ryland.) 

Congregation Beth Ahabah, or the House of Love, was 
organized in May, 1841. It first occupied a rented hall on 
Marshall Street, but soon built its own home of worship on 
Eleventh Street, between Marshall and Clay. In 1881, it 



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built a larger synagogue on the same site. In December, 1909, 
it dedicated its present splendid and spacioii^ temple—one 
of the handsome structures in the city. It is of Greek archi¬ 
tecture, octagonal in shape, and of gray pressed brick with 
trimmings of Indiana sandstone. Its main auditorium seats 
1,060 people. It is very beautifully decorated and furnished, 
the ark and the organ being especially noteworthy. 

The congregation, made up of Ae leading Jewish citi¬ 
zens, number about three hundred and fifty families. Beth 
Ahabah has always stood for the best and finest ideals both 
of individual and communal life. It has offered its syna- 



BETH AHABAH TEMPLE. 

gogue for use by Christian congregations in times of stress, 
and the offer has been accepted in the same spirit in which 
it has been tendered. Many of the leading Christian minis¬ 
ters have spoken from its pulpit. 

The First African Baptist Church. 

{Corner of College and Broad Streets.) 

The First African Baptist Church was erected in 1780, 
rebuilt in 1870. The former building served for many nota¬ 
ble purposes. 

The Virginia Convention, in 1829 and 1830, assem¬ 
bled there from Deceml^er 1st to January 15th. The meet¬ 
ing in 1865, after the failure of the Peace Conference at 
Fortress Monroe, was also held there. Many other interest¬ 
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Young Men’s Christian Association. 

{Grace and Seventh Streets.) 

The Young Men’s Christian Association is elegant in 
its appointments and thoroughly equipped with the most 
modem conveniences. 

Railroad Y. M. C. A. 

{Near Main Street Station.) 

This building, which was erected in 1907, is equipped 
with all modem conveniences. Its dormitory is provided with 
more than seventy beds. Its reading rooms, baths, swimming 
pool, gynasium, and all other departments are up-to-date in 
every particular. 

Young Women’s Christian Association. 

{Central Building, 6 North Fifth Street.) 

This building is modern and well equipped. The in¬ 
terior of the building is 
attractive, light and spa¬ 
cious. On the left of 
the wide entrance hall is 
the library, with its big, 
open fireplace, easy chairs, 
writing desks, books and 
magazines. It affords a 
most comfortable and at¬ 
tractive place. The build¬ 
ing is thoroughly equipped 
with the most up-to-date 
conveniences, including 
a gymnasium, swimming 
pool, dressing rooms, lock¬ 
ers, and showers. The 
building at Main and 
Third has been purchased 
Y. w. c. A. BUILDING. j[g under the super¬ 

vision of the Y. W. C. A. It is known as The Walford. 

Women’s Christian Temperance Union. 

The Central W. C. T. U. is the oldest union in the State. 
It was organized by Frances Willard in 1882. There are 
ten other unions in the city. The young women’s branch is 
known as the “Y’S.” 








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THE HAMMOND COMPANY. 

A visit to Richmond, Va., would not be complete unless 
you made a call at Hammond’s Flower Shop, at Second and 
Grace Streets. Once there, you will find yourself in a quaint 
shop, where nicely draped curtains fall about wide windows 
that generously invite the lovely Virginia sunshine. There 
also you will find a veritable garden of exquisite blooms of 
every description—Baskets of Roses, Pots of Plants, Ferns 
and Palms—truly a treasure trove of flower delight. 


Hammond’s 

Make no mistake however, while all of this beauty is 
part and parcel of The Hammond Company, its building and 
greenhouses are of the most modem design, and its entire or¬ 
ganization numbering, in the busy season, about thirty-seven 
men and women, is one of the largest and most efficient in 
the entire South. 

Their affiliation with the Florists’ Telegraphic Lines 
enables them to have flowers delivered in any city in the 
United States. They are known all over the South for their 
'^Flowers of Guaranteed Freshness.” 




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FEDERAL RESERVE BANK. 

{Corner Franklin and Ninth Streets.) 

The new Federal Reserve Bank building, is located at 
the north-west comer of Franklin and Ninth streets. It is 
one of the handsomest buildings in the city. 

State Penitentiary. 

{Belvidere and Spring Streets.) 

About one block to the right or west of Gamble’s Hill 
is the Penitentiary, which can be easily located by the high 
white walls which surround it. The cornerstone was laid in 
1797. It went into operation in 1809. 

Manchester. 

Manchester is the former name of South Richmond. 
It was first known as “Rocky Ridge.” When annexed in 1911, 
the name of Manchester was dropped officially, although 
many citizens still refer to it by the old familiar name. 

Marshall Street Viaduct. 

This viaduct connects Church Hill with the main part 
of the city. It was completed in 1911, at a cost of half a 
million dollars. It is on Marshall Street, extending from 
Fourteenth Street to Twenty-first Street, a distance of about 
a half mile. At the highest point this bridge is ninety feet 
above the ground. 

Mayo Bridge. 

This is a handsome new concrete bridge, over James 
River, more than a half mile long. It connects Fourteenth 
Street on the north side with Hull Street in South Richmond. 
Before the first bridge was built, a ferry was run between 
Richmond and Manchester. 

Alexander McRae’s Home. 

Diagonally opposite the residence of Chief Justice Mar¬ 
shall, at 311 North Ninth Street, is the home of the Xaverian 
Brothers, once the residence of Lt. Governor Alexander Mc¬ 
Rae, who “read law” under the Chief Justice. He was asso¬ 
ciated with William Wirt in the prosecution of Aaron Burr, 
who was tried in the Court House on the site of the present 
City Hall. 


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ARMORIES. 

Richmond Blues’ Armory. 

{East Marshall Street, Corner Sixth.) 

Although the armory of the Richmond Light Infantry 
Blues is one of the most modem of Richmond’s buildings, 
the organization itself is one of the oldest in the United 
States. Their first meeting was in 1800, when negro slaves 
under the leadership of General Gabriel, planned to fire 
Richmond. The Blues protected the city. Their new build¬ 
ing is at the comer of Sixth and Marshall Streets. 

The original company was organized in 1789, Captain 
William Richardson commanding. It was then called the 
Richmond Light Infantry. In 1793, the company was re¬ 
organized and became the Richmond Light Infantry Blues, 
with Captain Richardson still in command. He remained at 
the head of the company for twenty years. The company, 
has held its organization for more than 120 years, and has 
ever occupied a prominent part in the military and social 
life of the Capital. 

A tablet to the boys who died in the recent war has been 
placed in the armory by the Woman’s Auxiliary. 

First Virginia Regiment Armory. 

(East Marshall Street, Corner Seventh.) 

The opening celebration of the First Virginia Regi¬ 
ment Armory was given May 29, 1914. 

The Drill Hall is 90 feet by 172 feet, and has seating 
capacity of 6,540. The first floor contains company rooms, 
officers’ quarters, company quartermasters’ quarters, and 
lockers for four infantry companies, for a field hospital 
corps, signal corps, and a battalion hospital corps, besides 
offices for Major, Adjutant and Battalion Quartermaster. In 
the basement is the gymnasium, adjoining which are the 
locker rooms and shower baths. The Rifle Range is especial¬ 
ly unique. It has a capacity of eight men shooting at once, 
and its concealed lighting, electric signals, range telephone, 
smoke exhaust fans, “sail shell” targets, movable shooting 
stand, observer’s platform, and steel lined room all serve to 
make it one of the best equipped indoor ranges in the country. 


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The First Virginia Volunteers Infantry was organized 
May 1, 1851, in Richmond with Walter Gwynn as the colonel. 
In 1861, it was called out in defense of the State. It parti¬ 
cipated at the First Manassas, Fall’s Church, Seven Pines, 
etc. It was reorganized in 1871, and participated in the York- 
town Centennial in 188L 

The new building is Gothic in architecture, and has a 
military appearance. The large stone balls that are placed 
near this building attract the attention of passersby. They 
were brought from Constantinople, and it is said were used 
as ballast. They were sent as a gift to some one in America, 
and on reaching Norfolk, were not accepted. They were 
brought on to Richmond and placed in front of a private 
residence on Marshall Street. When the Armory was built 
they were placed in their present position. 

The Howitzer’s Armory. 

(616 North Eighth Street.) 

The Richmond Howitzers were first organized, on 
November 9, 1859, with George W. Randolph, of Richmond 
as their first captain. The first service rendered by them was 
at Harper’s Ferry, Va., where they were sent to aid in quelling 
the John Brown raid. 

The first meeting after the war was held across from 
the Post Office and they drilled with wooden guns that were 
loaned by the government. 

They have two buildings, one a hall for drills, with 
office rooms, etc., and the other building as an athletic build¬ 
ing, which is equipped with swimming pool, baths, gymna¬ 
sium and reading rooms. 

The new addition recently erected at an outlay of 
$200,000 gives a riding hall 100 by 200 feet, also stable 
facilities for 72 animals, a blacksmith shop, veterinary office 
and sleeping quarters for attendants. There are all modem 
improvements for an armory to house a battery of field 
artillery. The building is one of the most modem and best 
appointed armories in the United States, the buildings and 
grounds representing a capital outlay of about half million 
dollars. 


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THE JEFFERSON HOTEL. 

{Corner Franklin and Jefferson Streets.) 

This hotel presents every inducement of the summer 
hostelries of the North and the winter resorts of the South. 
It is a most beautiful and luxurious hotel, palatial in its 
equipment. Its guests are accorded all that is embodied in 



JEFFERSON HOTEL. 

a traditional Southern welcome. The Pahn room is parti¬ 
cularly beautiful. In the center of this is a magnificent 
statue of Jefferson. This statue is of peculiar interest, for 
even the costume of the figure was modeled from the original 
garments worn by the great statesman. 











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HISTORIC HOMES, BUILDINGS AND SITES. 

Besides the Jefferson Davis Mansion, now the Confed¬ 
erate Museum, the chief houses of historic interest still stand¬ 
ing are those of Robert E. Lee, John Marshall, Old Stone 
House, and the Mason’s Hall. 

The House in Which Commodore Maury was a Guest. 

A tablet on this house at 1105 E. Clay Street has the 
following inscription: 

“In this house Matthew Fontaine Maury, LL. D., U, S. 
N, C. S. N., invented the submarine electrical torpedo, 1861- 
1862. This stone is placed by the Confederate Memorial 
Literary Society, A. D. 1910.” 

Commodore Maury, Chief 
of the Seacoast Harbor and 
River Defenses of the South, 
had temporary quarters in a 
room in the third story of this 
house. It was here that he 
made his initial experiments for 
submarine defenses by explod¬ 
ing minute charges of gunpow¬ 
der in a wooden wash-tub. 

All of the old mariners of 
the 19th century remember his 
great work rendered to science 
and navigation while he was an 
officer of the United States 
Navy in charge of the Naval 
Observatory at Washington, 
D. C., where he drew his wind 
and current charts, wrote his 
Sailing Directions, projected 
steam lanes for crossing the ocean, recommended the estab¬ 
lishment of a training school for naval cadets at Annapolis. 
He originated and urged the founding of the present Weather 
Bureau in Washington, directed the deep sea soundings and 
discovered the Telegraphic Plateau between New Foundland 
and Ireland on which he recommended the telegraph cable 
which he laid. 



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He received testimonials and decorations from every 
maritime nation, except the United States, for his contribu¬ 
tions to science. 

Through the efforts of Mrs. E. E. Moffitt, of Richmond, 
the Matthew Fontaine Maury Association has been organized, 
and at a meeting of the State Board of Education, on June 
27, 1916, a resolution was adopted that January 14th of each 
year should be observed as “Maury Day” in the public 
schools, and plans are being perfected to erect a bronze statue 
in this city to the memory of this great benefactor of all sea¬ 
faring nations. 

John Marshall Home. 

{Corner Marshall and Ninth Streets.) 

The home of Chief Justice Marshall stands on a green 
at the comer of Ninth and East Marshall Streets, with the 
large high school named in honor of the great Virginia jurist 



JOHN MARSHALL HOME. 

as a background. The house, a two-story dwelling, was given, 
on July 20, 1911, by the council of the city of Richmond to 
the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiquities. 
It was repaired and opened by the Association in 1913. There 
are a great many interesting relics stored in the house, among 
which are John Marshall’s knee buckles, his tortoise shell 
spectacles, his black satin robe of office as chief Justice of the 
Supreme Court of the United States. A photograph of the 
“Liberty Bell” which was tolled for his funeral; a candle- 






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stand which held the candles which were used while he read 
to his invalid wife. The Chief Justice lived here from 1795 
to 1835. The original deed to the property, which was drawn 
up in 1789, in Marshall’s own handwriting, is framed and 
hangs on the wall. The handsome silver frontlet which was 
attached to- the velvet crown, the gift from Charles II. of 
England to the queen of the Pamunkey Indians, is also here. 
John Marshall was born in Fauquier County, Va., in 1755, 
and was the eldest of fifteen children. He was Secretary of 
State to President Adams, who appointed him Chief Justice 
of the Supreme Court. Such prominence was given him by 
virtue of this office, that it is not generally known that he 
was a Revolutionary soldier at the age of nineteen. He died 
in Philadelphia, July 6, 1835. 

In 1866, Gov. Henry A. Wise rented and moved into the 
house, and lived there for several years. The house is open 
daily to visitors from 9 A. M. to 5 P. M. Admission 25 
cents. 


Site of Samuel Preston Moore’s Home. 

(200 West Grace Street.) 

This is where the Surgeon-General of the Confederate 
States of America lived with his family from 1863 to 1865. 
The place is marked with the following inscription. 

‘‘Site of the House in which Samuel Preston Moore, 
Surgeon-General Confederate States of America, lived from 
1863 to 1865. This tablet is placed by the Confederate 
Memorial Literary Society, A. D. 1911.” 

Site of House where J. E. B. Stuart Died. 

(210 West Grace Street.) 

General J. E. B. Stuart who was mortally wounded at 
Yellow Tavern, was brought to Richmond shortly afterwards, 
and died the next day. The house on the site is marked with 
a tablet bearing this inscription. 

“Site of the house in which Major General J. E. B. 
Stuart, C. S. A., died, May 12, 1864.” 

“I must save the women of Richmond/^ 

This tablet is placed by the Confederate Memorial Lit¬ 
erary Society., A. D. 1911. 


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Home of General Robert E. Lee. 

(707 East Franklin Street.) 

The home of Robert E. Lee is a three-story brick struc¬ 
ture and quite modem in appearance. The Virginia Histo¬ 
rical Society, which was organized in 1831, with John Mar¬ 
shall as its first president, has its home and library in this 
building and a priceless collection of rare books and manu¬ 
scripts and valuable portraits. 



GENERAL LEE’S HOME. 

Lee was born in Stratford, Westmoreland County, Va., 
January 19, 1807; he died in Lexington, Va., October 12, 
1870, and was buried under the chapel of the Washington 
and Lee University at that place. 

Early Home of Poe. 

{Corner of Fifth and Main Streets.) 

The early home of Edgar Allan Poe was on the south¬ 
east corner of Fifth and Main Streets. It is also said that 
the poet lived at one time on Church Hill. On the south- 







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east comer of Main and Fifteenth Streets was the office where 
Poe edited “The Literary Messenger.” 

Site of Home of George Wythe. 

{Grace Street, Near Fifth.) 

‘*Site of the Home of George Wythe, signer of the De¬ 
claration of Independence.” The above tablet was placed 
by the Association for the Preservation of Virginia Antiqui¬ 
ties, 1887. 

Wythe was bom in Elizabeth City County, in 1726. 
He was a member of the House of Burgesses, author of Re¬ 
monstrance to the House of Commons on Proposed Stamp 
Act, delegate to the Continental Congress from Virginia, 
Speaker of the house of Delegates, and one of the Judges of 
the Chancery Court of Virginia, as well as sole Chancellor on 
the reorganization of the Court of Equity for more than 
twenty years. He was the first Professor of Law at William 
and Mary College. 

He died in 1806, and was buried near the east door of 
St. John’s Church. A handsome tablet marks the grave. 

Marion Harland’s Home. 

(506 East Leigh Street.) 

Marion Harland spent her girlhood days in this house, 
and it was here that “Alone,” her first novel, was written. 

This house was built more than a hundred years ago. 

Site of Van Lew Home. 

{Grace Street, near Corner of Twenty-fourth.) 

The Adams mansion was bought by the Van Lews, and 
was the headquarters of the Federal secret service in Rich¬ 
mond. Miss Van Lew, an eccentric little old lady, while visit¬ 
ing the sick and wounded soldiers in the military hospitals 
naturally became friendly with the officers. She picked up 
valuable information which she forwarded to the Federal 
government in Washington by tmsted servants and agents 
between the lines of the armies. More than one Federal pris¬ 
oner who had tunnelled out of Libby prison made his way 
to the Van Lew home and was there hidden until a chance 
was found to smuggle him out of the city. Although sus- 


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pected several times, it was not known until after the war 
and the death of Miss Van Lew that she had been in corres¬ 
pondence with the Federal government, and even with Presi¬ 
dent Lincoln himself. She was the most trusted Federal agent 
in the Confederate Capital. 

She was made Post Mistress of Richmond by General 
Grant as a reward for her services and served as such during 
the eight years of General Grant’s administration as Presi¬ 
dent. The house is surplanted by a modem school building. 



OLD STONE HOUSE. 


Old stone House. 

Oldest House in Richmond—The Edgar Allan Poe Shrine. 

(1916 East Main Street.) 

The house has been restored with material closely asso¬ 
ciated with Poe’s life, and many Poe relics are now on 
exhibition, including the desk which he used while editor 
of the Southern Literary Messenger. The backyard of the 
old house has been transformed into an “Enchanted Gar¬ 
den” as a memorial to Poe. A loggia has been built of the 
material remaining from the Southern Literary Messenger 
building, and this, with the exceptional beauty of the garden, 
an extensive collection of antique furniture, and several hun¬ 
dred items of Poeana, make the Poe Shrine worth visiting. 







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Spottswood Hotel Site. 

{Southeast Corner of Main and Eighth Streets.) 

Spottswood Hotel was in Tan Row block; the name, 
“Tan Row,” was on account of a tannery that had been locat¬ 
ed there. The hotel occupied about half of the block on the 
south side of the street. The war post office of the Confed¬ 
erate States was in this hotel. It was destroyed by fire, 
December 25, 1870. 

Lee stopped at this hotel after resigning from West 
Point It was Davis’ stopping place when he was in Rich¬ 
mond for his trial. General Sherman’s headquarters were 
also there when his army passed through Richmond to Wash¬ 
ington. 

Old Exchange Hotel Site. 

{Corner Fourteenth and Franklin Streets.) 

This was one of the first hotels of note built in Rich¬ 
mond. It was remodeled, refurnished and reopened in Octo¬ 
ber, 1865. It was the stopping place of Charles Dickens 
and his wife in March, 1842. The Prince of Wales and Lord 
Napier were guests at this hotel. In 1849, Edgar Allan Poe 
lectured there, and it was the home of Jenny Lind while she 
was in Richmond, in 1850. 

Bell Tavern. 

{Fifteenth and Main Streets.) 

The Dorothy Payne Madison chapter. National Society 
United States Daughters of 1812, unveiled and presented to 
the city of Richmond a tablet which was inserted in the walls 
of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Station, which now 
covers the ground on which stood the ancient tavern. 

The unveiling took place on Dec. 4th, 1914. This tavern 
was used as a recruiting station for Virginia troops during 
the war of 1812. It took its name from Nathan Bell, who 
owned the property. 

Among those present at the unveiling ceremonies were a 
great-granddaughter and a great-great-great-granddaughter. 
In 1784 General George Washington and General Lafayette 
visited Richmond and a dinner was given them at Bell Tav¬ 
ern. They were escorted by the Revolutionary officers and 
soldiers, the militia officers of State and town, and citizens. 


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Oldest Masons’ Hall. 

{Franklin Street, near Nineteenth.) 

This is the oldest Masons’ Hall in the United States. 
The foundation was laid in 1785, The corner stone being 
laid by James Mercer, Grand Master, assisted by Edmund 
Randolph, then Governor of Virginia. General Lafayette 
was conspicuous in Richmond during the early history of 



OLD MASONIC HALL. 

the nation. He was given a reception in the hall. Lafayette 
is said to have been a notable figure in Masory. 

Lafayette visited Lodge No. 19, in 1824, and his signa¬ 
ture can still be seen on the register, also that of his son, 
George Washington Lafayette. A session of Masons was 
held just after the evacuation of Richmond in 1865 and sixty- 











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two Federal soldiers attended. A cavalryman forgot his 
sword which is still there. 

Chief Justice Marshall was Master of Richmond Lodge 
No 10, and a trustee of the hall, and in that capacity in¬ 
sured the hall against fire in the old Mutual Assurance So¬ 
ciety of Richmond, in 1804, and the insurance is still in force 
in the same company. He was also Grand Master of Vir¬ 
ginia, and presided once at the Grand Lodge which met for 
years in this hall. 

The hall was used as a military hospital during the war 
of 1812, and the daughters of the war of 1812 of the city of 
Richmond have commemorated this fact by placing a tablet 
on the walls, telling of such use. The building is in splendid 
condition and is owned and occupied by Richmond Randolph 
Lodge, No. 19, which has occupied it continuously since 1787. 
At the southwest comer of Broad and Adams Street is the 
handsome new Masonic Temple. 

Site of First Richmond Bank. 

{Bank Street Near Eleventh.) 

On Bank Street, where the annex of the Post-Office 
building has been erected, a tablet will be placed with the 
following inscription: “The Bank of Virginia, first Rich¬ 
mond bank, established on this site 1804.” Hence the name 
Bank Street. 

Site of Edmund Randolph’s Home. 

{Southwest Corner of City tlall.) 

Edmund Randolph was the first Attorney General of the 
United States, and Governor of Virginia, 1786-1788. The 
inscription on the tablet follows: 

“Site of the Home of Governor Edmund Randolph, 
Patriot, Soldier, Statesman. Placed by the Association for 
the Prevention of Virginia Antiquities, 1907.” 

Old State Armory Site. 

{South End of Fifth Street.) 

The old State Armory was established about 1800. It 
was on the canal by the Tredegar Iron Works. There was 
stationed the Guard called the Public Guard, paid by the 
State. Virginia and South Carolina were the only States that 
had public guards. 


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Old State Court House Site. 

The first State Court House was located on Capitol 
Square, near the eastern gate opening on Franklin Street. 
It was destroyed by the fire of April 3, 1865, on the evacua¬ 
tion of Richmond. The court later was held in a building 
on the east side of Eleventh Street, between Broad and Mar¬ 
shall Streets. The building was erected for religious wor¬ 
ship and was known as “Sycamore Church,” so named on ac¬ 
count of the large trees that shaded it. 

Castle Thunder. 

{North side of Cary, between l^th and \9th Streets.) 

This place was used as a receptacle for persons com¬ 
mitted upon serious charges and deserters from the Federal 
army. Capt. D. Callahan was commandant of Castle 
Thunder Post. 

It is said that Mary and Molly Bell of Southwest Vir¬ 
ginia, according to the diary of Edmund Ruffin, served in 
male attire for two years in the Confederate army without 
their sex being found out, and were brought to Richmond 
and detained in Castle Thunder until they could be turned 
over to their relatives. One reached the rank of coporal and 
the other that of sergeant. 

Robertson Hospital Site. 

{Corner Main and Third Streets.) 

This was the property of Judge John Robertson. He 
tendered it to Miss Sallie Tompkins who established at her 
own expense a hospital for the Confederate army. When all 
private hospitals were ordered closed, she accepted the com¬ 
mission of Captain in order to continue her work. She re¬ 
fused the salary which attended the commission. A tablet 
bearing the following inscription marks the site: “On this 
site stood the Robertson Hospital in charge of Captain Sallie 
L. Tompkins, C. S. A., from 1862 to 1865. Placed by Cori- 
federate Memorial Literary Society, A. D. 1910.” 

This tablet was unveiled by Captain Tompkins herself. 
Captain Tompkins died at the Home for Confederate Women, 
3 East Grace Street, July 24, 1916. She was eighty-three 
years old. 


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Site of First Art Academy. 

{Twelfth near Marshall Street.) 

A bronze tablet will be placed on this site to commem¬ 
orate the fact that it is the site where stood the “Richmond 
Academy in which, in 1788, met the Convention which rati¬ 
fied the Constitution of the United States.” The Academy 
here referred to bore the official title of “The Academy of 
Science and Fine Arts of America, founded in Richmond, 
Virginia, in 1786.” Its Founder-President was the Chevalier 
Alexandre Marie Quesnay de Beaurepaire, a young French 
officer in the American army of the Revolution. He returned 
to France in 1788. The entire square now occupied by the 
Monumental Church, the old Medical College, including the 
lot at the N. E. comer of marshall and Twelfth Streets, was 
originally known as “Academy Square.” The institution was 
the first Art Academy founded in America. 

Johnston Memorial Tablet. 

(2615 East Broad Street.) 

This tablet was set in the pavement in front of the above 
residence by the Confederate Memorial Literary Society. It 
marks the site of the house to which General Joseph E. John¬ 
ston was taken after being wounded during the battle of 
Seven Pines, and where he was nursed back to health. 

Eagle Tavern Site. 

{Main Street below Twelfth.) 

Eagle Tavern was build in 1798. In 1807, Aaron Burr 
was at Eagle Tavern. In 1809, a public dinner was given 
Thomas Jefferson at that place, and in 1824, a ball was given 
there in honor of Lafayette and his son, George Washington 
Lafayette. 

Marshall Theatre Site. 

{Southeast Corner of Seventh and Broad Streets.) 

This theatre was first built through the influence of 
Chief Justice Marshall, about 1817; it was burned and re¬ 
built during the war. It is said to be the only brick build¬ 
ing erected during that time. The most famous actors of the 
day were seen there. 


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HOTEL RICHMOND. 

{Corner Ninth and Grace Streets.) 

(See Page 26.) 

Hotel Richmond has a note of Metropolitan thorough¬ 
ness that distinguishes the most famous among New York 
hostelries, while retaining that distinctive personal charm for 
which Southern hotels are celebrated. It has an air of hospi¬ 
tality all its own. 

The Winter Garden and Roof Garden are among its 
popular features. The appointments, while luxurious, have 
a quiet air of comfort and exquisite taste, and the service and 
cuisine are all that can be desired. 

St. Claire Hotel Site. 

{Northwest Corner of Grace and Ninth Streets.) 

This was one of the most popular hotels of the city. 
It has been replaced by the magnificent Richmond Hotel. 

Site of Bird-in-Hand Tavern. 

{N. W. Corner, Twenty-fifth and Main Streets.) 

Bird-in-Hand was one of the oldest taverns. The site 
is not far from the old Stone House. 

Swan Tavern Site. 

{North Side of Broad Street, between \^th and \9th.) 

Thomas Jefferson stopped at Swan Tavern in October, 
1809, and the offices of the Nineteenth Regiment gave a din¬ 
ner in his honor at that place. Aaron Burr was confined in 
the annex during his trial for treasson in 1807. 

Goddin Tavern Site. 

On Brook Avenue, going north, just before the branch 
is crossed is the site of the old Goddin Tavern, which was 
afterwards used as a hospital for Confederate soldiers and 
was called St. Francis de Sales Hospital. 

Ford’s Hotel Site. 

{Eleventh Street, betweefn Broad and Capitol.) 

General Edward Johnson died in his room at Ford’s 
Hotel, March 1, 1873. His remains lay in state in the rotun¬ 
da of the Capitol till March 4. 


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Belle Isle. 

{South of Gamblers Hill.) 

This island is in the James River at the foot of Gamble’s 
Hill. It was the site of a large Confederate prison encamp¬ 
ment. It is now occupied by the Old Dominion Iron and 
Nail Works. 

First Iron Foundry Site. 

{Falling Creek.) 

The first iron foundry in America was established in 
1621 by Governor Yeardley. In 1622, the workmen of the 
foundry were killed by Indians, thus ending the foundry’s 



FALI.ING CREEK. 


work. Not until 1914 was the exact site known, when Cap¬ 
tain W. LaPrade, a Chesterfield County engineer, located it 
on the south bank of Falling Creek, opposite the last of the 
Falls. 

Tredegar Iron Works. 

{South End of Fifth Street) 

The Tredegar Iron Works were established in 1836. 
The location is at the foot of Gamble’s Hill, at the south end 
of Fifth Street. The Confederate Memorial Literary Society 
has caused a tablet to be set in the walls recording that 1,160 
cannon were cast for the Confederate Government, and that 
the plates for the first iron clad ship, the Merrimac or Vir¬ 
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Bloody Run. 

(A Stream that ran west of Chimborazo Park.) 

The Battle of Bloody Run was fought in 1656. A Che¬ 
rokee tribe of Indians came across the Blue Ridge to trade 
furs with the white people. In some way a quarrel started. 
A battle followed in which many of the whites were killed 
Totapotamoy was chief of the Indians of Hanover County. 
He married the queen of the Pamunkey tribe and became 
their chief. When Totapotamoy heard of the fight, he brought 
a number of Indians to help the white men. He and many 
of his men were killed. The battle was fought by the side of 
a stream, the blood mixing with the water, hence the name 
Bloody Run. The English Government presented Totapota- 
moy’s widow with a handsome crown, which is called the “In¬ 
dian Crown.” It can be seen in the John Marshall home. 

Site of Libby Prison. 

{Corner Twentieth and Cary Streets.) 

Libby Prison was an old warehouse. Here, November 
6, 1911, a bronze tablet four feet deep and two feet wide was 
unveiled, bearing this inscription: 

‘‘On this site stood Libby Prison, C. S. A., 1861-65 for 
Federal prisoners of war. Placed by Confederate Memorial 
Literary Society. Libby Prison was removed to Chicago dur¬ 
ing the World’s Fair of 1892.” 

Following the first battle of Manassas or Bull Run, so 
many Federal prisoners were brought into Richmond that it 
became necessary to use large buildings for their confine¬ 
ment. General J. H. Winder, then in command of the city, 
notified Mr. Libby that he would take possession of the build¬ 
ing within forty-eight hours. With so short notice to vacate, 
the sign of Libby & Son, by oversight, was left hanging up, 
and thus, by this trivial circumstance, did the building be¬ 
come known as Libby prison. 

In many respects this was the most famous Confederate 
military prison. On the evening of February 9, 1864, 109 
officers escaped from tliis prison through a tunnel, the dig¬ 
ging of which was one of the most wonderful incidents of the 
war. An ice plant now occupies the sight of the old prison. 
The original sign is in the Confederate Museum. 



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Rocketts. 

{Just below Libby Hill.) 

Rocketts is so called from Richard Rocketts, who bought 
land and had a ship chandlery business near the river. He 
also ran a ferry. Rocketts is now known as Fulton, It is 
the oldest settled part of the city, and the site of Smith’s at¬ 
tempt at settlement in 1608. 

Confederate Navy Yard Site. 

{Below Libby Hill, opposite Rocketts.) 

At the intersection of Lester, Rocketts, Poplar and Ash 
Streets, a triangular piece of ground has been laid off to mark 
this site. The cannon placed here were obtained from 
the war department and were built in the Springfield, Mass., 
Armory, in 1866. They weigh 2,500 pounds each. The 30 
balls from the Portsmouth Navy Yard are pyramided 
along side the guns. Commodore M. F. Maury, who invent¬ 
ed the electrical submarine torpedo, first successfully explod¬ 
ed this new weapon of warfare in the channel of the river 
opposite this site, in 1862. 

Henrico County Court House. 

{Corner Main and Twenty-second Streets.) 

The county seat was transferred here from Varina be¬ 
fore the Revolutionary war, in 1752. Henrico County was one 
of the eight original shires of the colony, and such of its re¬ 
cords as are filed there will be found very interesting. 

Old Confederate Prison Site. 

{Corner Cary and Seventh Streets.) 

The tobacco factory of James M. Bailey was converted 
into a prison and soldiers’ home in 1864, in which were in¬ 
carcerated conscripts, blockade runners and maimed and dis¬ 
charged soldiers of the Confederate army awaiting transpor¬ 
tation to their homes. 

Old Site of Commissioner of Revenue’s Office. 

{Northwest Corner Marshall and Eleventh Streets.) 

Under John Adam’s Administration, Colonel Carring¬ 
ton held the office of United States Commissioner of Revenue 
for the State of Virginia. This office was located at this cor¬ 
ner and was shaded by a catalpa tree. 


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MURPHY’S HOTEL. 

(Broad and Grace Streets, dt Eighth.) 

Murphy’s Hotel is the largest and perhaps the best 
known hostelry in Virginia. Extending on Broad Street 
between Seventh and Eighth and between Eighth and Ninth, 
down Eighth on both sides of the street and on Grace Street 



murphy’s hotel. 


between Seventh and Eighth, it covers a large portion of the 
ground adjoining what is rightly termed, “The heart of 
Richmond.” 

This hotel can accommodate a thousand guests and it is 
often taxed to its capacity. It has been under the same man¬ 
agement since its erection and is justly famed for an excel¬ 
lence of service and a tastiness of cuisine. 







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CEMETERIES. 

In the cemeteries in and around Richmond are buried 
many of the makers of American History. It is probable that 
no where else are there grouped so many of the nation’s im¬ 
mortal heroes. 

Those of most general interest are Hollywood, Oakwood, 
Shockoe, St. John’s, and the National Cemeteries. 

Hollywood. 

{Cherry Street, between Spring and Albemarle.) 

This cemetery was dedicated in 1849. It takes its name 
from the holly trees which abound here. It is one of the most 



ENTRANCE TO HOLLYWOOD. 

beautiful spots in the South and the view is magnificent. 
President Monroe and President Tyler are buried here. 

Fitzhugh Lee, soldier and statesman; “Jeb” Stuart, the 
great cavalry leader; General Pickett, who made the famous 
charge at Gettysburg; General Pegram, Commodore Maury, 
the former a famous Virginia soldier in the war of th3 Con¬ 
federacy and the latter one of the most famous naval officers 
in history, are buried here. 

Maury won the rank of Commander in the Confederate 
service. In 1868 he accepted the chair of Physics in the Vir¬ 
ginia Military Institute at Lexington. His wife bought a 
section in Hollywood on Monroe Circle for his interment. The 









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maury’s tomb. 


His body was 
kept at Lexington 
until the mountain 
ivy and rhododen¬ 
dron were in full 
bloom in Goshen 
Pass through which 
he wanted his body 
carried. 

The handsome 
monument which is 
erected over the 
grave of former 
President Tyler in 
Hollywood bears 
the name of Letitia 
Christian, his first 
wife, who died in the 
white house and that 
of Julia Gardner, his 
second wife, who is 
buried by his side. 


grave is marked with a 
monument bearing this 
inscription: “Maury .— 
In memory of Matthew 
Fontaine Maury—horn 
in Spottsylvania Coun¬ 
ty, Virginia, January 
14, 1806. Died in Lex¬ 
ington, Virginia, Feb¬ 
ruary 1, 1873 .—^AU is 
well.'—Entered the na¬ 
vy of the United States, 
1825; that of the Con¬ 
federate States, 1861.— 
Author of Maury's 
Sailing Directions, and 
The Physical Geogra¬ 
phy of the Sea." 


tyler’s monument. 









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CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. WILLOWS FROM NAPOLEON’S GRAVE. 



GINTER’S MA.USOLEUM. 

with Tomb of Julia 


MONROE’S TOMB. 

, oldest daughter of Pres. Tyler. 























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The Ginter mausoleum, erected by Major Ginter of 
Richmond, and where his body now lies, is not the least in¬ 
teresting object in the cemetery. 

A giant pyramid, erected by the Confederate Women’s 
Association in 1869, marks the graves of 18,000 Confederate 
soldiers. This pyramid, built of rough blocks of Virginia 
granit, is 45 feet at the base and 90 feet high. The capstone 
was put in place by a convict sailor who was given his liberty 
after completing the task. The architect was H. M. Demmock. 



THE DAVIS PLOT. 

Just a short distance to the west of the grave of Gover¬ 
nor William Smith, are the two Elms or weeping willows 
which came from the grave of Napoleon at St. Helena. 

A bronze statue marks the grave of Jefferson Davis, and 
here are the graves of his wife and children. Over the grave 
of Winnie Davis stands the figure of an angel, carved in 
white marble and erected by the Daughters of the Confeder¬ 
acy. 

John Randolph “of Roanoke,” the famous orator, is 
buried here, and many of Virginia’s governors. 






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On Memorial Day, May 31, 1915, a monument to the 
Confederate women of Virginia, which dedicated the soldiers’ 
section in perpetual care, was unveiled. The monument 
stands directly in front of the Pyramid above referred to. It 
is of Virginia granite surmounted by a bronze tablet 2 by 3 
feet bearing this inscription: 

“/w Memorial to the Confederate Women of Virginia, 
1861-1865. The Legislature of Virginia of 1914 has at the 
solicitation of Ladies' Hollywood Memorial Association and 
United Daughters of the Confederacy of Virginia, placed in 
perpetual care this section, where lie buried 18,000 Confeder¬ 
ate dead." 

A handsome granite arch marks the officers’ section. 
This was placed by the Junior Hollywood Memorial Associa¬ 
tion, October 4, 1918. 

Oakwood. 

{End of Oakwood Avenue.) 

Oakwood Cemetery contains 75 acres. It was pur¬ 
chased and laid off by the city in 1861. Here are buried 
16,000 Confederate soldiers. A granite shaft has been 

erected in their memory. 
This was under the di¬ 
rection of the Oakwood 
Memorial Association. 

Shockoe Hill. 

{North End of Third St.) 

John Marshall is 
buried in this cemetery. 
Here, too, rest the Al¬ 
lans, from which family 
Edgar Allan Poe took 
his middle name. Many 
others who helped to 
found the modern city 
and make Richmond, lie 
here. Here is buried that 
hero of the Revolution, 
Peter Francisco, whose 
sword blade was five 
feet long and who could 



CONFEDERATE MONUMENT. 









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Visit “Richmond’s 
Oldest Housefurnishing Store” 



ESTABLISHED 1880 

ADAMS & BROAD 


From the very beginning it has been the policy of 
Jurgens to sell Furniture of the highest quality, ex¬ 
celling in beauty and correctness of design, but with 
the practical consideration of cost to make it available 
to the average home. It is for this reason that 
Jurgens’ Furniture will be found in thousands of 
homes throughout this section of the country. From 
the suburban cottage or bungalow to the farmer’s com¬ 
fortable home; from the city apartment to the spacious 
and sumptuous town and country houses of men of 
wealth—wherever correct design and quality, at reason¬ 
able prices, are appreciated—there Jurgens’ Furniture 
will be found. 



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shoulder a cannon weighing 1100 pounds. His fight against 
nine of Tarletan’s cavalrymen is still recounted in the his¬ 
tory of valiant deeds by Virginians. Here, too, is buried 
Miss Van Lew, the famous woman spy of the war between 
the States, who aided Federal soldiers to escape from Libby 
Prison; Northern sympathizers have erected a tombstone of 
“Roxbury pudding stone,” over her grave, on the smooth side 
of which is an eulogy of her deeds. 

National Cemeteries. 

There are two National cemeteries, one of which is at 
Seven Pines, the other is on the Williamsburg road at the 
corner of Government road. These are the resting places of 
the Federal soldiers who fell in the fighting around Rich¬ 
mond. 

Other Cemeteries. 

St. John’s Church is surrounded by a cemetery, where 
lies buried some of the most famous characters of State and 
National history. Between 20th and 21st Streets on Frank¬ 
lin Street, is the site of an ancient Jewish cemetery, the old¬ 
est in the United States. Over the gate that still stands is an 
inscription to that effect. Another Jewish cemetery is situat¬ 
ed near the City Home and Hospital Street, and a third is 
close to Oakwood cemetery. On the outskirts of the city, by 
the side of the James are Riverview and Calvary cemeteries, 
and in So. Richmond Maury cemetery, where ruins of earth¬ 
works set up for batteries during the war may still be seen. 

Confederate Fortifications. 

Redoubt No. 10, in the parkway of Monument Ave. 
between Davis and Addison Streets, was constructed in 1861, 
by General Lee’s orders, under the direction of his military 
engineer. Colonel Andrew Talcott. There were three lines 
of these fortifications surrounding Richmond. The lines 
nearest the city were a succession of seventeen redoubts in 
horseshoe fonnation. This redoubt was on the inner line and 
was never occupied. A cannon, marking the site, bears this 
inscription: ^‘This cannon marks the spot where in 1861 a 
large earthwork of the inner line was constructed. Placed in 
1915 by the City of Richmond, at the request of the Confed¬ 
erate Memorial Literary Society. 


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MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA 

{Corner of Clay and 12th Sts. and Marshall and College Sts.) 

The present Medical College of Virginia is a combina¬ 
tion of two medical schools that existed in Richmond prior 
to 1913, the Medical College of Virginia, and the Universi¬ 
ty College of Medicine. 

The Medical College of Virginia was established by the 
Trustees of Hampden Sidney College in 1837. Its first 
quarters were the Union Hotel at 19th and Main Streets. The 
Building at the corner of College (14th) and Marshall 
Streets, one of the very few examples of Egyptian architec¬ 
ture in America, was completed in 1845. The architect was 
a Mr. Stuart, of Philadelphia, who also designed St. Paul’s 
church, and the substantial construction and pure lines in 
the heavy walls of the old school keep the imposing appear¬ 
ance and grandeur of days that are past. Its clinging ivy, 
in summer, lend an added charm that makes it one of the 
most stately and attractive buildings in the city. 

The nearby hospitals belong to the College, and care for 
hundreds of patients each year. 

This was the only medical school in the Confederacy 
that did not close its doors during the Civil War; instead it 
gave two regular sessions each year, and practically all mem¬ 
bers of those graduating classes entered the C. S. A. Army or 
Navy. 

The University College of Medicine, corner of East Clay 
and Twelfth Streets, just opposite to the Confederate Mu¬ 
seum, was founded in 1893 by the late Dr. Hunter McGuire 
(of whom there is a statue in Capitol Square), and a group 
of his associates. In January, 1910 the building that housed 
this college, and its contents, equipment, museum, and the in¬ 
valuable personal collections of members of the faculty were 
destroyed by fire. 

The present magnificent building virtually a gift from 
the City of Richmond, was erected in 1912, and is thoroughly 
modem, but the College, because of a phenomenal growth, 
has already been compelled to plan new and larger quarters. 
The Dispensary on the first floor treats over 20,000 ambula¬ 
tory sick annually. 


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The College maintains departments of Medicine, Nurs¬ 
ing, Dentistry, and Pharmacy, and gives complete courses in 
each of these great callings. It has been one of the most 
prominent factors in developing professional education in 
Virginia and the South. 

A bronze tablet on the wall of the University College of 
Medicine building marks the site of the house in which 



MEDICAL COLLEGE OF VIRGINIA. 

Alexander H. Stephens, Vice-President of the Confederate 
States, lived during the early years of the war between the 
States. 

Site of Camp Grant. 

{William Byrd Park.) 

Adjoining the new reservoir is the site that was known 
as Camp Grant after the evacuation of Richmond, 






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J. B. MOSBY & CO. 

{Broad at Jefferson.) 

THE STORE OF INDIVIDUALITY. 

This store was founded by one of the participants of 
the Civil War just after its close. The high ideal of the 
founder—keeping faith with the public—is one of the main 



factors of its success. The present head of the Irusiness 
started in it as a boy and has never lost sight of the ideals 
of the founder. 

Richmond women speak of it as “the store which is 
different” because they appreciate its effort to furnish merch¬ 
andise of exclusiveness. 

Tourists will find many reasons why it should be known 
as “The Finest Store in the South." 







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MONUMENT AVENUE 


1 


,1 

i 



J. E. B. STUART. 


AND ITS MONUMENTS. 

Monument Avenue is a 
continuation of West Franklin 
Street, westward from Lom¬ 
bardy. Along this Avenue are 
some of the most famous sta¬ 
tues in the United States. 

Stuart Monument is at 
the beginning of Monument 
Avenue. It is an equestrian 
statue and bears the following 
inscription: ''This statue, e.- 
rected by his comrades and the 
city of Richmond, A.D. 1916.” 

General Stuart was born 
in Patrick County, Va., April 
6, 1833. He died in Rich¬ 
mond, Va., May 12, 1864. 

This monument is among 
the handsomest in the city, and 
has been greatly admired. 






























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R. E. Lee Monument. —Monument and Allen Aves. 
Four models were submitted for this statue, but none 
were thought good enough. Finally Mercie made a model 
which was accepted. He received 90,000 francs for his work. 
On May 4, 1890, the statue arrived in Richmond, and 


lee’s monument. 

on the 7th, it was loaded on four wagons, and men, women 
and children hauled it to its pedestal. It was unveiled on May 
30th by General Joseph E. Johnston. 

Lee was bom in Stratford, Westmoreland County, Vir¬ 
ginia, January 19, 1807. He died at Lexington, October 12, 
1870. 

















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Jefferson Davis Monument. —Monument and Davis 
Avenues. The comer stone was laid in 1896, and a design 
was submitted, but a change was made and it was 1907 be¬ 
fore the present design was accepted. W. C. Noland designed 
the monument and E. V. Valentine modeled the figure of 


Ik . 





DAVIS’ MONUMENT. 


Davis and the Allegorical figures. There are thirteen Doric 
columns which represent the eleven seceded States and 
the two which sent delegates to the Confederate Congress. 

The figure of Davis reached Richmond on April 18th, 
and was drawn by 3,000 school children to the site on Monu- 











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ment Avenue. The monument was unveiled at the Confeder¬ 
ate Reunion and presented to the city on June 3, 1908, that 
date being the one hundredth anniversary of the birth of 
Davis. Jefferson Davis was born in Kentucky, June 3, 1808, 
and died in New Orleans. 



JACKSON ikIONUMENT. 

Jackson Monument.— A handsome equestrian statue 
of “Stonewall” Jackson has been erected on Monument Ave¬ 
nue at a cost of $40,000. 
















































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Other Statues and Monuments. 

Jefferson Statue. —In the Jefferson Hotel. Proba¬ 
bly no other statue of Jefferson is more nearly a correct like¬ 
ness than is this. It bears the following inscription: 

Thomas Jefferson, Author of the Declaration of Inde¬ 
pendence, of the Statute of Virginia for religious freedom. 



JEFFERSON STATUE. 

Founder of the University of Virginia. Vice President of the 
United States of America, 1797-1801. Third President of the 
United States of America, 1801-1805, 1805-1809. Born in 
Albemarle, Va., April 13, 1743. Died at Monticello, Va., 
July 4, 1826. Governor of Virginia, 1779-1781.” 

Bryan Statue. —Monroe Park. This statue was dedi¬ 
cated by the people of Richmond, ''The Character of the Citi¬ 
zen is the strength of the State,” is the legend it bears. 
Bryan was bom in Gloucester County, Virginia, August 13, 
1845; died in Henrico County, Virginia, November 20, 1908. 








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Wickham Statue. —Monroe Park. This statue bears 
this inscription: ''Soldier, Statesman, Patriot, Friend. Pre¬ 
sented to the City of Richmond by comrades in the Confeder¬ 
ate Army, and employees of the Chesapeake and Ohio Rail¬ 
way Company. William Carter Wickham.—July 23, 1883.” 



WICKHAM’S STATUE. 


Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument. —On Libby Hill. 
Presented to the city by the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monument 
Association. It was unveiled May 30, 1894. 



SOLDIERS AND SAILORS’ MONUMENT. 


The column which supports the bronze figure of a Con¬ 
federate soldier is a reproduction of Pompey’s Pillar, stands 
100 feet in height, and the cost is said to have been $35,000. 







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A. P. Hill Statue. —Near the city limits on the Her- 
mitajre Road. 

General A. P. Hill was 
mortally wounded near 
Petersburg, Va., April 2, 
1865. This statue was erect¬ 
ed by his admirers and com¬ 
rades in arms.” It was un¬ 
veiled May 30, 1895. His 
body lies buried here. 

Howitzers’ Monument. 

—Harrison Street and Park 
Avenue. 

Inscription: “To the 

memory the deeds and ser¬ 
vices of the Richmond How¬ 
itzers of the period of 1861- 
1865.” 

.... , • — 

howitzers’ monument. 


Tomb of Tokukichiro 

Abe. —This tomb in Holly¬ 
wood cemetery attracts the 
attention of many visitors. 
T. Abe was born in Akita- 
ken, Japan, in 1866, and 
died in Richmond in 1907 


Morgan’s Drinking 

F o u n t a i n. —A memorial 
erected to the memory of 
Capt. Charles S. Morgan, 
C. S. A., Inspector General 
Imboden’s Brigade, Caval • 
ry Division of General L. L 
Lomax, Army of Northern 
Virginia. “In memory of om 
who loved animals.” 

Located at Shockoe Slip, 
13 th and Cary Streets. 


JAPANESE TOMB. 








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Telephone: MadisoN 429-430 


Exclusive line 
of Favors and 
Novelties for 
all occasions. 



Artistic, Dec¬ 
orated Birthday 
and Wedding 
Cakes. 


208-210 N. 4th St. 

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 

“OUR OWN MAKE’’ CHOCOLATES. BON BONS AND 
FINE CANDIES, CAKES, FRENCH PASTRIES. 
Personal attention given to Ice Cream for Home 
use, Parties, Receptions, etc. 

HARRY V. COLE, Proprietor. 



419 N. Boulevard 

Directly Opposite Battle Abbey. 

Three Meals Served Daily 

TABLE D’HOTE DINNER 85c 
LUNCHEON, AFTERNOON TEA AND EVENING 
SERVICE A LA CARTE 
Tea Room Open Every Evening Until 11 P. M. 
Telephone Your Orders - - - Boulevard 5074 
Prompt, Courteous Attention. 




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CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE. 

{Boulevard, between Kensington and Stuart Avenue.) 

The Confederate Memorial Institute, also known as 
“Battle Abbey” is located in a beautifully laid out park of 
six and one third acres. The grounds are attractive with 
rare shrubbery, trees and flowers. 

The Sandstone building is considered “classic” with its 
peculiar architecture. There are only two windows, one at 
each side of the heavy bronze doors. 



CONFEDERATE MEMORIAL INSTITUTE. 

The entrance hall is magnificent in marble and bronze. 
The walls of the south gallery are adorned by splendid mural 
military paintings. The John Barton Payne collection of 
paintings, which is a gift to the Commonwealth of Virginia 
is displayed in the north gallery. The gem of this col¬ 
lection is “The Adoration of The Shepherds,” by Murillo. 
Many valuable histories of the South are also in this room. 
The Annex is opposite the entrance and is a memorial hall 
as the inscription in the marble above the door testifies: 

Memorial Hall, R. E. Lee Camp No. 1, Confederate Veter¬ 
ans.” This hall contains 150 portraits gathered by Lee Camp 
which is said to be the most complete and valuable collection 
of portraits of Confederate statesmen and heroes in the world. 
Open daily from 10 A. M. to 5 P. M. Admission 25 cents. 







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Colonial Mahogany Furniture 

Antiques and Reproductions 

Tapestries and Furniture Coverings 
Rare English Prints and Engravings 
Sheffield Silver, Colonial Brasses, etc. 


What you buy here will be right in Design, 
in Quality, and in Price. 

BIGGS antique CO. RICHMOND, VA. 

Studios-318 East Franklin Street 




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RICHMOND PARKS. 

The aggregate area of the parks of Richmond is approxi¬ 
mately 666 acres. 

Chimborazo. —Of the twenty parks in Richmond, 
Chimborazo park, at the east end of Broad Street, is the 
chief in point of interest. It is the site of the largest Confed¬ 
erate hospital during the war between the States. The United 
States weather bureau has its headquarters here. 

The local United States Weather Bureau is located in 
Chimborazo Park. 

Libby Hill . —Near Chimborazo Park is Libby Hill, 
on the top of which stands the Soldiers and Sailors’ Monu¬ 
ment. 



LAKESIDE PARK. 


Lakeside. —This park is located about seven miles 
north of Richmond. It may be reached by trolley from First 
and Broad Streets, Northside. For Ginter Park, cars leave 
from the same point. Ginter Park is on the same line. 

William Byrd Park. —Also known as Idlewood, cor¬ 
ner of Idlewood and Davis Avenues. It is reached by 
Main Street and Broad and Main Street cars running west. 
It marks the terminus of the car lines. The city reservoir 
occupies a portion of this park, and not far away is the pump 
house which regulates the supply of water. 

Forest Hill. —Another summer resort. This park 




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FOURQUREAN TEMPLE & CO. 

FAM0V8 SINCE 1865 
For the Quality of their 

Silks, Dress Goods, Linens, Laces 
Hosiery and Gloves 

And now Making a Reputation for Correct Styles 
in Women’s Garments. 

Masonic Temple Store Broad & Adams Sts. 

The Kichmond-Washington Highway 
Passes Our Corner. 

RICHMOND, VIRGINIA. 


VIRGINIA STATIONERY CO. 
Printers Engravers Book Binders 

Rubber Stamp Makers Office Furniture 
Filing Systems 


913 E. MAIN ST. -RICHMOND, VA. 






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may be reached by trolley from Broad and Seventh Streets. 
It is located on the south side of the James river. 

Jefferson. —A small, but very beautiful park, at the 
east end of the Marshall Street Viaduct, comer of Twenty- 
first and Marshall Streets. 



Gamble’s Hill.— At the end of South Third and 
Fourth Streets. It overlooks the James River and Belle 

Isle. The highest part of 
the hill is supposed to be 
where Captain John Smith 
planted the cross in 1607, 
marking the site of Rich¬ 
mond. The spot has been 
marked with a cross which 
has the following inscrip¬ 
tion: 

‘‘Capt. Christopher New¬ 
port, John Smith, Gabriel 
Archer, Honorable George 
Percy, with gentlemen, ma¬ 
rines, soldiers, in number 
of twenty-one, explored 
James River to the falls 
and set up a cross, Whit- 
Sunday, June 10, 1607. 

This monument is presented 
to the city of Richmond 
by the Association for the 
Preservation of Virginia 
THE CROSS. Antiquities, June 10, 1907. 

*‘Dei Gratia Virginia Condita.” 


Monroe Park. —This park was at one time the old 
Fair grounds. In the spring of 1861, the first regiment of 
South Carolina troops, which were the first troops from the 
South, was encamped here. 

Now it is a square of shade trees and beautiful flowers. 
Centrally located, it is a real boon to many who stop there 
for an hours’ rest on a summer day. 

The Statues of General Wickham and Joseph Bryan are 
near the Franklin Street entrance. 







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109 N. Eighth Street, Ridimond, Va 


L FETEES 

^ntgrior ^gcnrator anb ^«mtsl|6r 

Fine Wall Papers, Dpfiolstery and Drapery Mate¬ 
rials, Velvets, Brocades, Linens 


Period Furnilure of Unusual Beauty and Occasional 
Pieces for both the Formal and Informal Rooms of the 
cM^odern Dwelling, including Reproductions of Famous 
Old Italian Pieces. 

Lace Draperies, Rugs, Lamps and Shades. 

Interior and Exterior Painting and Finishing 














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PRATT’S CASTLE. 

{South end of Fourth Street.) 

This building is north of Gamble’s Hill, and attracts 
the attention of every passer-by, on account of its exceeding¬ 
ly unique appearance. 



PRATT’S CASTLE. 


VIRGINIA BOAT CLUB. 

The Virginia Boat Club was organized in 1876 under 
the name of the Olympic Boat Club, with its boat house on 
the old canal. It soon became necessary to enlarge the 
facilities of the club, and the site of the old mill on Mayo’s 
Island was rented, and the old house, which was used by 
the club until this year, was built upon the hea\^ stone 
foundations of the old mill. The name was changed to the 
Virginia Boat Club and the membership limited to one 
hundred. In 1894 the club was incorporated and Judge 
Beverly T. Crump was elected president, which office he 
has held continuously since that time. Constant progress has 
been made for the past twenty years, and among the many 
advantages offered its members are racing, canoeing, swim¬ 
ming and hand ball courts. The club house has been 
thoroughly remodeled and has facilities for 500 members. 




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WESTMORELAND CLUB. 

(Corner Sixth and Grace Streets.) 

The real beginning of this club was a meeting held at 
St. James Hotel on January 29, 1877, and the printed re¬ 
cords begin with this meeting. There was a social club which 
existed before 1861 and which held its meetings in rooms be¬ 
hind a drug store on Main Street, near Ninth, but after the 
war, no trace or record of this remained, so there was no club. 
On February 12, 1877, on motion of John Hampden Cham- 
berlayne, the new club was christened “The Westmoreland.” 
The first non-resident member accepted was Captain Robert 



WESTMORELAND CLUB 

E. Lee, of King William County. General Heth was it first 
President. October 1, 1879, the present club house was pur¬ 
chased. 

On the walls of its spacious rooms are many handsome 
and interesting portraits and paintings. The Battle of the 
Crater, painted by John A. Elder, is considered the artist’s 
masterpiece. The picture represents the rush of Mahone’s 
brigade to fill the gap in the Confederate lines caused by the 
explosion of a “mine” in the siege of Petersburg. The sketch 
of the upturned boulder of red clay was made by Mr. Elder 
immediately after the battle. Several faces and figures in the 
scene were posed for by veterans, members of the club. The 
picture was bought from General Mahone at a cost of ^1,000. 








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THE COMMONWEALTH CLUB. 

{Franklin and Monroe Streets.) 

This dub was organized in 1890, by the members of 
the famous old Richmond Club, who felt the need of a more 
comfortable home in the rapidly growing west end. The site 
chosen was an admirable one, and had been occupied for 
nearly a century by a fine old mansion, belonging to the 
Bullock family, who were prominent in Richmond in ante¬ 
bellum days. 



COMMONWEALTH CLUB. 

The new club grew rapidly in membership, and gained 
a high reputation for congeniality and hospitality, and the 
excellence of its cuisine. Many distinguished visitors have 
been entertained there, and the organization has always oc¬ 
cupied a leading position in the social affairs of the city. 

Among the most treasured possessions of the club are 
several fine portraits of General Robert E. Lee, “Jeb” Stuart, 
and other famous Virginians, by a former member of thi‘ 
Richmond Club, John Elder. 

Confederate Money. 

The Confederate money used during the Civil War was 
made in the building at the southwest corner of Ninth and 
Broad Streets. This was formerly occupied by the Blair 
Drug Company, which is now located next-door. 




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THE WOMAN’S CLUB. 

(211 East Franklin Street.) 

This club was organized in 1894. The first meeting 
was held in the home of Mrs. Lunsford L. Lewis, at 313 
W. Franklin Street. There were present at that meeting four¬ 
teen women who united to institute “an association to form 
an organization for the literary culture of its members, for 



THE woman’s club. 

their intellectual, social, and moral development, and to 
strengthen their individual efforts for humanity.” 

In 1895, the Woman’s Club was chartered, and having 
out grown its first home at 11 W. Main Street, the house at 
11 West Franklin Street was rented. In 1900, the club 
bought the large and commodious residence at No. 211 East 
Franklin Street, where the club now has its home. The motto 
of the club is “Aspirons.” 

Ninth (Street Bridge. 

This bridge crosses the river at Ninth Street, and con¬ 
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DRIVE FOR TOURISTS. 

One of the favorite automobile drives for tourists is 
from the Capitol to Chimborazo Park, to the reservoir and 
return. Starting from the Capitol Square, the motorist turns 
into Capitol Street from Tenth Street, passes City Hall, turns 
into Eleventh Street, then into Broad, and Twelfth and Mar¬ 
shall, where the viaduct bridge lies before them. The bridge 
is over the Shokoe creek valley. It is a toll bridge, and the 
toll is paid at the East end, going and coming. Crossing 
the bridge, the route proceeds up Marshall Street to Twenty- 
fourth Street,where the car should be turned to the right, into 
Broad Street again, to pass old St. John’i church. Passing 



PUMPING STATION. 

this landmark the route continues out Broad Street, down 
Tweny-eighth to Franklin, through Libby Hill Park, back 
to Broad, eastward to Chimborazo park, where the heights 
above the James may be skirted in a circle back to Broad 
Street. The return is made over the viaduct, back to the City 
Hall, Capitol and Tenth Streets to Grace Street, along Grace 
Street to the grounds of old Richmond College, where a turn 
to the left brings the car into Franklin Street, which from 
Stuart Circle takes the name of Monument Avenue. The 
route is then along Monument Avenue west to the Boulevard, 
then turns south, continuing around the reservoir, to the right, 
and passing the pumping station, where the water from the 




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canal rushes in a minature waterfall. This is one of the 
most picturesque views in Richmond. From the pumping 
station, the route continues up a stiff grade into William 
Byrd Park, the roadway leading back to the Boulevard, 
through a lovely wood and by a lovely little artificial lake. 
Back into Monument Avenue again the route continues along 
Franklin Street, past the Commonwealth Club, the Jefferson 
Hotel to Fifth Street, where a turn is made back into Grace 
Street. The Westmoreland club is passed at Sixth Street, and 
on the right at Ninth and Grace Streets is St. Paul’s church, 
on the left the Richmond hotel, and ahead the capitol grounds. 



COUNTRY CLUB. 

For a longer ride, after passing the Boulevard at Monu¬ 
ment Avenue, the tourist may turn into Cary Street road and 
continue to Westhampton, around what is known as the loop, 
passing the grounds of Richmond College and the Country 
club on Westhampton heights, one of the most beautiful and 
and picturesque drives in the country. Here the Home 
Guard of Richmond turned back Lieutenant Dahlgren’s raid, 
in 1864. The scenery from Westhampton heights is so beau¬ 
tiful that comparisons may not be made. The hills rise in 
wooded battlements until they are lost against the sky and 
below runs the river like a ribbon of tan, shaded with the 
richest red of the banks and fading into duller hues in the 
green depths of the woods. 




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SEE 

HISTORIC RICHMOND 

BY SIGHT-SEEING BUS 

Don't Be Misled 

Patrons Say it is the Best Trip they ever Made. 



Bus Leaves Murphy’s Hotel 
10 a. m., 2 p. m. & 4 p. m. 

PRICE : $1.00 PER PASSENGER 

VIRGINIA TAXI SERVICE 

Phone : Madison 400 

Office: Ninth & Capitol Streets 








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With the extension of Monument Avenue to Horse Pen 
road in Westhampton, another automobile drive or loop is 
added. This road is not so good as the one above msntioned. 
Richmond of today is a wonderful, growing city, far different 
from the Capitol of the the Confederacy, which was almost 
destroyed by fire nearly sixty years ago, yet retaining all that 
historic interest which makes it so dear to the tourist, 

BATTLEFIELDS AROUND RICHMOND. 

Seven Pines.— Eight miles east of Richmond, and 
easily reached by electric line or automobile. The National 
cemetery is at this place. In all the war, the nearest field of 
actual battle to Richmond, was Seven Pines or Fair Oaks, 
May 31, 1862, when General Joseph E. Johnson struck the 
first blow to break McClellan’s grip on Richmond. In this 
battle Johnston was wounded and General Robert E. Lee 
took command of the Confederate forces, the place he was 
destined to hold through the tremendous four years’ struggle 
that followed. 

MECPrANicsviLLE.—Five and one-half miles northeast 
of Richmond. This battle followed Seven Pines or Fair 
Oaks, and was fought oh June 26, 1862, under Lee and 
McClellan. 

The drive to Mechanicsville is a pleasant one. 

Then follows in rapid succession: 

Gaines’ Mill.— Eight miles northeast of the city, and 
about four miles from Mechanicsville. The battle was fought 
June 27, 1862. 

Savage’s Station. —Ten miles east of Richmond, 
June 29, 1862 

Frazier’s Farm.— Fought June 30, 1862. 

Malvern Hill. —About sixteen miles southeast from 
Richmond, where McClellan repulsed the Confederate at¬ 
tack. 

Dahlgren’s Raid. —In the latter part of April, 1863, 
Colonel Dahlgren’s troopers of General Kilpatrick’s cavalry 
approached within three miles of Richmond, but retired, not 


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Offices & Terminals, 315-337 S. 7th St. 

LOCAL AND LONG DISTANCE PHONES 

Madison 1059 & 4062. 
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COAL 

We not only guarantee cur Coal to be free from 
clinkers, but slate and reeky looking stuff. We screen 
cur Lump, Egg, and Nut, and all our Coal used in a 
hot-blast or furnace; then fore, you get what you buy 
—HEAT, with comfort; you have very few ashes to 
contend with. 

About 90 per cent of the housekeepers look after 
the furnace. Why not make it as easy for them as pos¬ 
sible? It costs no more if you place your order with us. 
It has been said that housekeepers keep in better humor 
when they burn our Coal. 

We are making a specialty of Run-of-Mine for fur¬ 
naces this year; it is about half lump. We will send 
a sample, that you may see for yourself. We have been 
heating people in Richmond about twenty-seven years. 
All we ask now is a trial. Prompt delivery, courteous 
and efficient service. 

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President. Vice-President. 

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Treasurer. Secretary. 






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Map Showing Battlefields around RICHMOND 


being supported and not finding a ford where they expected 
one. The James River was in flood, and a couple of Dahl- 
gren’s men were drowned in trying to cross the river at the 

















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RICHMOND, VIRGINIA 


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6 North Fifth Street 







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place pointed out to them by their guide, a negro. Whereupon 
Colonel Dahlgren hanged the negro to the highest tree at the 
highest point he could find, which is now pointed out on the 
Gregory estate, just beyond the Country Club. 

Yellow T.wern. —Nine miles north of Richmond, on 
Brook Turnpike, is where General “Jeb” Stuart was mor¬ 
tally wounded, in the battle which was fought May 11, 1864. 
A granite shaft marks the site. 

Fort Harrison.— Nine miles south of Richmond. Here 
Federal troops stormed the Confederate positions September 
28, 1864. 

Cold Harbor.— Ten miles northeast of Richmond. 
On this .s])ot two great battles were fought, one on June 27 
1862, the second on June 3, 1864. 

Chaffin’s Bluff.— Seven miles down the James River. 
Battle fought September 28, 1864. 

Dreavry’s Bluff.— Six miles down the James River. 
Reached by boat or electric line. Battles fought May, 1862, 
and May, 1864. 

A TOUR OF THE BATTLEFIELDS. 

The most famous battlefields around Richmond are those 
of (1) Seven Pines, May 30 to June 1, 1862; (2) the Seven 
Days’ Campaign, June 26 to July 1, 1862; (3) Cold Har¬ 
bor, June 1 to 3, 1864, and (4) Fort Harrison, September 
28-29, 1864. Dahlgren’s raiders almost reached the city on 
March 1, 1864. A strong Federal cavalry raid was met and 
repulsed in an action at Yellow Tavern May 11, 1864. In 
this fight, Major-General J. E. B. Stuart, commanding the 
Confederate cavalry corps, was mortally wounded. 

These are the more renowned actions around Richmond. 
In the course of the early summer of 1862 and during the 
fall of 1864 and the winter of 1864-’65, scores of other clashes 
occurred. It has been stated that from the top of any high 
building in Richmond the scenes of more than 100 military 
engagements can be viewed. 

The battlefield of Seven Pines is easily accessible on the 
Williamsburg Road. This is reached by going east on Broad 


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to the end of that street, following the National Cemetery 
Road down the hill and across the railroad tracks to the 
cemetery, and taking there the turn to. the left. From that 
point follow the main road. 

The circuit of the battlefields of the Seven Days’ Cam¬ 
paign is something like forty miles, but can be made with 
ease in good weather in seven hours by motor car. At the 
time of writing, the only stretch of bad roads in the whole 
circuit is on the north side of the Chickahominy River, be¬ 
tween Beaver Dam Creek and New Cold Harbor. This road 
is worse in very dry or in excessively wet weather. 

The route is as follows: Crossing the Marshall Street 
Viaduct, or climbing Broad Street, turn off at Jefferson Park, 
on the left; mount to the crest of the hill and go out Mosby 
Street. This leads directly into the Mechanicsville Turn¬ 
pike, which leads to the village of that name. At Mechanics¬ 
ville take the road to the extreme right, and proceed along 
this road across Beaver Dam Creek. The only confusing 
turn is that a short distance beyond Walnut Grove Church, 
which is on the left of the road. At this turn, the visitor 
should go to the right. Shortly after the crossing of the 
Creighton Road, he is on the plateau of Gaines’ Mill. A 
turn to the right, through the woods, brings one to the bat¬ 
tlefield of Gaines Mill, or First Cold Harbor. Returning, 
one takes the good road, on the left, to Old Cold Harbor, 
and thence to Grapevine Bridge. It may be necessary on 
this stretch of the road to ask for directions. 

From Grapevine Bridge, the road leads straight to Seven 
Pines. Take the left turn by the cemetery. About a mile 
below Seven Pines a private lane leads to Savage Station. 
Continuing on the main road, and bearing uniformly to the 
right, one cros.ses the railroad at Elko, and a few hundred 
yards beyond the station is at White Oak Swamp, where the 
advance of Jackson was held up on June 30, 1862. 

Beyond White Oak Swamp, after passing the crest of the 
hill, turn to the right. This brings one to Glendale, where 
there is a school and a small settlement. Beyond the resi¬ 
dences one observes a shop on the left. Take the road to 
the left, directly in front of the shop. One is here on the bat¬ 
tlefield of Glendale, or Frazier’s Farm. 


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Ill 


Continuing on this road past Willis Church and the Na¬ 
tional Cemetery, one reaches the level ground at the top of a 
long, easy hill. On the right, in the field, with bams nearby, 
is the residence that occupies part of the site of the old Crew 
House. This was the storm center of the battle of Malvern 
Hill, which concluded the Seven Days’ Campaign. 

From the main road in front of the Crew House, continue 
about fifty yards, and at the forks of the road take the right 
turn. At the bottom of a long incline, one reaches the River, 
or New Market, Road. One should take the right, and fol¬ 
low this road until one passes on the left, at a distance of 
about five miles, two large school-houses. Beyond these is 
a road to the left. About a mile along this, which is called 
the Mill Road, one reaches the earthworks of Fort Gilmer 
(right) and Fort Gregg (left), both of them in good preser¬ 
vation. Forts Johnson and Harrison lie farther to the left. 
From the crossing of the Mill Road with the earthworks, 
continue on the Mill Road to a large intersecting road. This 
is the Osborne Turnpike. Turn to the right. The road leads 
straight into Richmond. 

The scene of Dahlgren’s closest approach to Richmond 
can be reached on the Cary Street Road, which leads westward 
from Boulevard and Cary. Dahlgren was turned back at a 
point nearly opposite the residence of M. C. Patterson. Dahl¬ 
gren subsequently attacked on the Brook Road, reached in 
Ginter Park. . The earthwork that halted him there still re¬ 
mains at the intersection of Brook Road and Confederate 
Avenue. 

The battlefield of 'Yellow Tavern can be reached by fol¬ 
lowing the Richmond-Washington Highway to Solomon’s 
Store, and by taking the right at that point. A monument 
on the hillside to the left of the road, about seven miles 
from Richmond, marks the spot where Stuart fell. 

ALONG THE HISTORIC JAMES RIVER. 

This river is perhaps the most historic in America. 
Since the days of Powhatan and Pocahontas, the land has 
been under cultivation. Nowhere does there remain so many 
colonial estates. 


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Powhatan.— When Captain John Smith visited this 
place it was an Indian village. His description of it was 
that it was a most delightful situation. He purchased it from 
the Indians and named it “None Such.” 

Drewry’s Bluff. —Also known as Fort Darling. This 
is the fort which defended the city from being captured ])y 
the Federal gun boats in May, 1862. 

Henrico. —As early as 1611, Sir Thomas Dale es¬ 
tablished a town on the James River, which, in honor of 
Prince Henry, he called Henrico; from this originated the 
name of the county. It contained three streets of framed 
houses, church, storchou.se, watch tower, etc., and was de¬ 
fended by a palisade and several forts. 

Dutch Gap.— This place is a curiosity to the many who 
see it. This gap was begun by General Benjamin Butler in 
1864 and finished by the United State Governmmt and the 
City of Richmond since the war. It is almost 500 feet long 
and 205 feet wide and .shortens the distance between Rich 
mond and the sea over five miles. 

Varina. —Varina, located a short distance from Dutch 
Gap, was at one time the residence of Pocahontas and her 
husband, John Rolfe Later it was the county seat of Hen¬ 
rico county. It was burned by Arnold in 1781. During the 
Civil War it was the place for exchange of prisoners and was 
known as Aikin’s Landing 

Curie’s Neck. —Located about eighteen miles from 
Richmond. This was the home of Nathaniel Bacon, the 
first Virginia revolutionist. 

Shirley. —On the left shore, about thirty miles from 
Richmond, is the ancestral home of the Carter family. It is 
the oldest original house on the river—the birthplace of 
Annie Hill Carter, the wife of “Lighthorse” Harry Lee and 
of the mother of General Robert E. Lee. 

Westover. —The birthplace of Sir William Byrd, the 
founder of Richmond, with its historic and beautiful resi¬ 
dence, dates from 1737. The building still exhibits many of 
the tastes of Colonel William Byrd, which were so in evi¬ 
dence when it was his princely mansion, said to be the richest 
in America. It is situated on an estate which includes about 
180,000 acres. William Byrd died in 1744, at the age of 70 


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For y^ears Mrs, Cool^'s Cafeteria has been 
a point of interest to people who enjoy good 
things to eat 

Only the best of foods are bought and the 
cooking is a revelation. 



805 East Grace Street 


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years, and he sleeps beneath the old white marble monument 
in the Westover garden. 

Weyanoke, on the James, was presented to Sir 
George Yeardley in 1617, by an Indian Chief. 

Brandon is one of the most beautiful homes in Vir¬ 
ginia. It has been owned by the Harrison family for two 
centuries. 

Jamestown Island. —^This is the site of the first 
English settlement in America, where the ship Susan Con¬ 
stant, Godspeed and Discovery anchored, in 1607. The his¬ 
toric })ortion of the Island is owned by the Association for the 
Preservation of Virginia Antiquities, which has restored and 
preserved many of the antiquities of this Commonwealth. 

The old tower, built in 1617, and attached to each suc¬ 
cessive church on this site is preserved, and the present re¬ 
stored church was built by the Colonial Dames of America 
in 1907. It is an exact reproduction of the church on this 
site in which the Princess Pocahontas was baptized and mar¬ 
ried, which building was burned at Bacon’s rebellion in 1676. 
There are many memorials of interest on the island and a 
visit to this, th-^ first permanent English settlement in America, 
is the objective point of many tourists. 

HOW TO REACH THE DEPOTS. 

Main Street Station. —Fifteenth and Main Streets. 
Reached by Oakwood and Broad, Clay Street, Broad and 
Main, and Main Street car lines. Terminus of Seaboard Air 
Line, Chesapeake & Ohio, Southern, and part of Richmond, 
Fredericksburg & Potomac Trains. 

Broad Street Station. —Broad Street and the Boule¬ 
vard. Reached by Broad and Twenty-fifth, Broad and Main. 
Belmont Avenue, and Westhampton cars. Terminus of At¬ 
lantic Coast Line, Norfolk & Western, and Richmond, Fred¬ 
ericksburg & Potomac. 

Southern Station. —South Richmond.—Reached by 
Hull Street line, connecting with all lines at Broad and Sev¬ 
enth, and Main and Fourteenth Streets. 

Richmond and Petersburg Electric Railway Station. 
—Seventh and Perry Streets, South Richmond. Reached bv 
Hull Street line. See Main Street station above. 


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OTHER VIRGINIA PRODUCTS. 

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FACTS ABOUT RICHMOND. 

Richmond has within the city limits more than 185,000 
people, and a metropolitan population of about 210,000. 

Richmond has an area of 26 sq, miles. 

Richmond has $39,800,000 invested in manufacturing 
enterprises which yield annual sales of $155,000,000. 

Richmond has an altitude above the sea level varying 
from 20 feet to 188 feet. 

Richmond has nearly $19,300,000 invested in the job¬ 
bing trade, with annual sales of $150,000,000. 

Richmond’s Post-Office receipts amount to $1,700,000. 



TRIPLE RAILROAD CROSSING. 

Richmond’s banks have a combined capital and surplus 
of $25,000,000. Increase in deposits in the past ten years 
of 233.5 per cent. Resources, $169,400,000. 

Richmond is the seat of the Federal Reserve Bank for 
the Fifth District. 

Richmond Bank clearings amount to $3,500,000,000. 

Richmond’s Custom House collects duties to the amount 
of $1,225,000 annually. 

Richmond is the seat of the University of Richmond. 

Richmond has the leading Medical College in the 
Southeast. 
















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JAHNKE &CO. 

WATCHMAKERS.UEWELERS, OPTICIANS. 
200 e:.gfia.ce^ SX, FIICHPv10ND,>ZA. 
^-OUR NEW HOME.- 

Phone Randolph 2207 Established 1852 


The largest stoek of watches in the State. This 
is the place to have your watches repaired quick, 
cheap and in the host manner. 


Souvenir Spoons of the City and State. 


Speidacles and Eyeglasses accuratel}^ adjusted to 
the eyes. Consultation fre:' of charge. 

Old Gold and Silver taken in Exchange. 

The E. B. Taylor Company 

Importers and Manufaciurers’ Agents 

Fine China, Cut Glass 
Earthenware, Glassware Tin, 
Galvanized and Enameled Ware, 
House Furnishing Goods and Novelties. 

Nos. 1011 E. Main St. 1010-1012 E. Cary St. 

13, 15, 17 West Broad Street 
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Richmond has a great Theological Seminary. 

Richmond has a Woman’s College. 

Richmond has three Business Colleges and a Mechanics 
Institute. 

Richmond has 48 Public Schools and many private 
schools. 

Richmond has a University for colored men and a Col¬ 
lege for colored women. 

Richmond has sixteen hotels and accommodates more 
than 350,000 visitors annually. 

Richmond has two daily newspapers. 

Richmond has six trunk lines and railways radiating 
in eleven directions. 

Richmond has two interurban electric lines railway. 

Richmond’s Clay Street electric line is the oldest in the 
world. 

Richmond is midway on the Atlantic Seaboard. 

Richmond is two hours from Hampton Roads, the great¬ 
est natural harbor in the world. 

Richmond is eight hours from New York and three 
hours from Washington. 

Richmond has the largest cigar factory in the world, 
making 500,000,000 cigars annually. 

Richmond has the largest cigarette factory in the world, 
making 40,000,000,000 cigarettes annually. 

Richmond has the largest baking powder factory in the 
world. 

Richmond has the largest blotting paper factory in 
America. 

Richmond has direct steam freight line to New York. 

Richmond has the largest factory for the reproduction 
of antique furniture in the world. 

Richmond has the largest bottled flavoring extract factory 
in the world. 

Richmond has the largest wholesale mail-order house 
in the South. 

Richmond has one of the largest locomotive plants in 
the world. 

Richmond has the largest wood works in the world. 

Richmond has over 200 churches. 

Richmond has fourteen hospitals. 


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PEARL LAUNDRY CO., Inc. 

“NONE BETTER” 

FAMILY FINISH DEPT.: All work completely finished. 

ROUGH DRY DEPT.: Wearing clothes starched and dried; 
flat work ironed. 

DRY WASH DEPT.: Wearing clothes dried; no starch; 
flat work ironed. 

THRIFTY WASH DEPT.: Wearing clothes returned damp; 
flat work ironed. 

DAMP WASH DEPT.: Wearing clothes, etc., delivered 
damp; nothing ironed. 

STARCH WORK DEPT.: Complete service. 

COLLAR AND SHIRT WORK DEPT.: Work second to 
none. 

Send US your Blankets, Lace Curtains, Quilts, Rugs, 
Palm Beach Suits—A Service for EA^ry Home. 

If if Can he Laundered e Can do it! 

iModern Daylight Plant, Competent Employees, 
Courteous Service. 

Phones: Boul. 6231, 6232. 1208-14 Parkwood Ave. 


CHAS. J. BILLUPS 

Funeral Director and Embalmer. 

ESTABLISHED 1870 

MORTON GEO. BILLUPS STUART LEE BILLUPS 


OFFICE AND PARLORS 

2500 EAST MARSHALL STREET 


Day Phone: Mad. 448 Sunday and Night: Mad, 975 

Private Ambulance, 











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PETERSBURG. 

Petersburg, situated just twenty-two miles south of Rich¬ 
mond, is noted for its traditional interests. Traces of the early 
settlers as far back as 1645 are found there. Old Fort Henry 
is solemn in its antiquity, and many traditions connected with 
the life of Pocahontas have their scenes there. Blandford Cem¬ 
etery contains old Blandford Church, now restored. In the 
vicinity of Petersburg will be found many famous ancestral 
homes. During the Civil War of 1861-’65, Petersburg was the 
scene of many great battles, including “Battle of the Crater.” 

For further information, see the Petersburg Guide Book. 








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Sydnor & Hundley 

“Heart of City” 

FURNITURE 

RUGS 

DRAPERIES 

We Specialize in Office Furniture 

.Sydnor & Hundley 

700 E. Grace St. - Richmond, Va. 




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Extra Fancy Roe Herring — 

Price Per Dozen, $1.00. 

Water-Ground Country White Corn 
M eal — 

Price Per Peck, $1.20. 

Sam FI cUcr Bra?id Genuine Smithfield 
Hams — 

Price Per Pound, 60c. 

Our Sam Heller Smilhfield Hams are raised, cured 
and packed r'gh': a'; Smi'hiield, Va , and con^equ ntly 
do no': have to carry the U. S. Government Inspection 
Stamp. 

RICHMOND GROCERY CO. 

324 N. 6th St. - Richmond, Va, 


L. P. LEVY CO., INC. 

News Dealers 

Stationery Magazines. Kodaks and Supplies 

Fountain Pens and Eversharp Pencils 
Service and Repairs 

603 E. Broad Street Phones Madison 9777-5751 
Richmond, Virginia 


ESTABLISHED 1889 

Sydnor Pump and Well Company 

Incorporated 

WELL DRILLERS AND WATER 
SUPPLY CONTRACTORS 

RICHMOND, VA. 








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“The Shenandoah Apartments^' 

IN LEE CIRCLE 



A modern model apartment house, each suite complete in 
every detail. An ideal home that combines pleasing service 
with genuine hospitality. For further information address 
“THE SHENANDOAH APARTMENTS” 

Special rates to tourists. Allen Avenue or Phone Boul. 9363. 

Pin Money Pickles 

PLEASE 

Particular People 

MADE IN RICHMOND 
SOLD EVERYWHERE 

Address 

Mrs. E. G. KIDD 

1500 W. Marshall St., RICHMOND, VA. 








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1536-38-40 E. BROAD STREET 
RICHMOND. VIRGINIA 

300/C, CATALOG, JOB AND COMMERCIAL 
PRINTING 

Out-of-TJown Orders Secure Our Prompt JIttention 


"Uh Home^ Printing that Pleases ' 


Central P ublishing Co.. Inc. 







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CAFETERIA 

For Men and Women 

Home like atmosphere 
Reasonable rates 
Excellent Home Cooking 


Hours- 


Breakfast 

7:15 

9 o’clock 

Lunch 

11:30 

2:45 o’clock 

Supper 

5:30 

7:30 o’clock 

Closed Sunday 




5 th Street Near Main 





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AFTER SEEING RICHMOND 

See that Your Luggage 

Is in Order to Go Farther 



ROUNTREE LUGGAGE 
Is Built for Comfort, Convenience 
and Safety 


Its many features offer you some¬ 
thing a little different—a place for 
everything, and everything in its 
place. 

M'e can repair your damaged Luggage on short 
notice. 



111-115 W. Broad St. 












Model Steam 
Laundry 

Incorporated 


‘‘Richmond’s Best” 


25th and Broad Streets 

RICHMOND, VA. 

Phones, Madison 692, 693 Established 1892 












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